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299500. Bromus willdenowii Kunth Gramineae. Rescuegrass. 



Col. No. 492. Disturbed dark grey sandy loam roadside. Highway N-5; 

 rolling terrain 7 miles east of Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Elevation 

 5,600 feet. Annual rainfall 26 inches. Bunchgrass; leaves to 14 inches 

 high; heads to 30 inches high. Seeds. 



299501. Cassia didymobotrya Fres. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 685. Wilderness Hotel, 8 miles east of George, Cape Province, 

 Highway N-2. Elevation 90 feet. Annual rainfall 22 inches. Ornamental 

 shrub to 20 feet high; leaves compound; flowers bright yellow, in clusters; 

 pods flat, septate, to 5 inches long and 1 inch wide. Seeds. 



299502 and 299503. Cassia occidentalis L. 



299502. Col. No. 457. Sandy wasteland, Pongola River bank, Natal. 

 Elevation 400 feet. Annual rainfall 25 inches. Erect, branching 

 shrub. Seeds. 



299503. Col. No. 465. Edge of cultivated sandy field, 2 miles south of 

 Jozini Dam, Pongola River, Natal. Erect, branching shrub to 6 feet 

 high; seeds profuse. Seeds. 



299504 to 299546. Cenchrus ciliaris L. Gramineae. Buffelgrass. 



299504. Col. No. 319. Local name: Blue buffalograss. Level terrain, 

 black clay loam, Lowveld Research Station, Barberton, Transvaal. 

 Elevation 2,300 feet. Leafy perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 24 inches 

 high; seeds profusely. Seeds. 



299505. Col. No. 320. Local name: Blue buffalograss. Level terrain, 

 black clay loam, Lowveld Research Station. Elevation 2,300 feet. 

 Leafy perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 24 inches high. Seeds. 



299506. Col. No. 449. Level ungrazed pasture, 3 miles north of Mkuze, 

 Natal, Highway N-14, Mkuze River valley. Elevation 500 feet. An- 

 nual rainfall 24 inches. Perennial bunchgrass to 26 inches high. 

 Seeds. 



299507. Col. No. 473. Disturbed roadside clay, 1 mile southwest of 

 Mkuze, Natal. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 12 inches high. Seeds. 



299508. Col. No. 546. Disturbed shallow clay loam, railroad right-of- 

 way, 10 miles south of Kimberley, Cape Province. Elevation 4,000 feet. 

 Annual rainfall 16 inches. Leafy perennial bunchgrass in large 

 clumps; leaves to 14 inches high. Seeds. 



299509. Col. No. 584. Grootfontein Agricultural College, Middelburg, 

 Cape Province. Irrigated perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 24 inches 

 high, dark green. Seeds. 



299510. Col. No. 601. Disturbed shallow rocky soil, 5 miles south of 

 Graaf-Reinet, Cape Province, on Pearston road. Elevation 2,000 feet. 

 Annual rainfall 12 inches. Perennial bunchgrass forming large clumps; 

 leaves to 10 inches high. Seeds. 



299511. Col. No. 644. Reddish clay soil, Bathurst Agricultural Research 

 Station, Bathurst, Cape Province. Elevation 850 feet. Annual rainfall 

 27 inches. From Molopo River. Leafy perennial bunchgrass; leaves 

 blue green, to 30 inches high. Seeds. 



299512. Col. No. 645. Reddish clay soil, Bathurst Agricultural Research 

 Station. Elevation 850 feet. Annual rainfall 27 inches. Kohly. 

 Leafy perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 24 inches high. Seeds. 



299513. Col. No. 647. Clay loam, 10 miles north of Bathurst, Cape 

 Province. Perennial bunchgrass. Seeds. 



299514. Col. No. 697. Rolling waste ground, R>ersdale, Cape Province. 

 Elevation 400 feet. Annual rainfall 16 inches. Leafy perennial bunch- 

 grass; leaves to 18 inches high. Area has irrigation. Seeds. 



