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299455 to 300194— Continued 



299576 to 299579— Continued 



299578. Col. No. 567. Clay loam, Riet River bank,, 3 miles south of Ja- 

 cobsdal, Orange Free State. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 15 

 inches. Stoloniferous perennial forming complete cover when grazed; 

 stems large. Stolons. 



299579. Col. No. 751. Local name: Harrismith Fine. Horticultural Re- 

 search Institute, Pretoria. Stoloniferous perennial lawngrass. Stolons. 



299580. Cynodon dactylon var. densus Hurcombe 



Col. No. 200. Horticultural Research Institute, Pretoria. Germiston golf 

 course, Transvaal. Stoloniferous perennial lawngrass. Stolons. 



299581. Cynodon hirsutus Stent 



Col. No. 554. Local name: Hairy couchgrass. Dry, rocky, clay range- 

 land, Highway N-8, 20 miles east of Kimberley, Cape Province. Elevation 

 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 16 inches. Plants prostrate, low, grow well in 

 shade. Stolons. 



299582. Cynodon incompletes Nees 



Col. No. 663. Ungrazed pasture 1 mile northeast of Uitenhage, Cape 

 Province. Prostrate stoloniferous perennial; stems fine. Stolons. 



299583. Cynodon magennisii Hurcombe 



Col. No. 201. Local name: Magennis. Horticultural Research Institute, 

 Pretoria, Plot 4. Stoloniferous lawngrass. Stolons. 



299584. Cynodon sp. 



Col. No. 205. Local name: Reitz. Horticultural Research Institute, Pre- 

 toria, Plot 16. Cold tolerant, prostrate, stoloniferous lawngrass. Stolons. 



299585. Cynodon sp. 



Col. No. 206. Local name: Damascus. Horticultural Research Institute, 

 Pretoria, Plot "B". From Damascus. Prostrate, stoloniferous, lawngrass. 

 Stolons. 



299586. Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Beauv. Gramineae. 



Durban crowfootgrass. 

 Col. No. 343. Local name: Crowfootgrass. Rocky outcrop in full sun on 

 Nahpe Road, Kruger National Park. Elevation 1,100 feet level terrain, 

 annual rainfall 20 inches. Erect annual; leaf height 4 inches; head height 

 8 inches. Seeds. 

 299587 and 299588. Dactyloctenium australe Steud. 



299587. Col. No. 438. Local name: Durbangrass. Sandy, disturbed site, 

 Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Natal. Elevation 600 feet. Annual rainfall 

 37 inches. Aggressive, prostrate stoloniferous perennial. A shady site 

 lawngrass in frostfree areas. Stolons. 



299588. Col. No. 613. Exposed to salt spray, sandy seaside park, East 

 London, Cape Province. Elevation 22 feet. Annual rainfall 30 inches. 

 Stoloniferous perennial. Seeds. 



299589. Dierama pulcherrima (Hook, f.) Baker Iridaceae. 



Col. No. 752. Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Newlands, Cape Province. 

 Cultivated ornamental. Seeds. 



299590. Desmodium caffrum (Meyer) Druce. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 443. Open, hilly grassland, sandy soil, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, 

 Natal. Elevation 825 feet. Erect shrub to 18 inches high; seed pods ter- 

 minal. Seeds. 



299591. Dactyloctenium geminatum Hack. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 354. Open grassland, shallow sand, near Skukuza rest camp, 

 Kruger National Park. Elevation 1,050 feet. Annual rainfall 21 inches. 

 Stoloniferous perennial; stolons large, brittle, rooting at nodes. Stolons. 



