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299455 to 300194— Continued 



299592 to 299594. Digitaria argyrograpta (Nees) Stapf Gramineae. 



299592. Col. No. 571. Clay soil, Grootfontein Agricultural College, Mid- 

 delburg, Cape Province. Elevation 4,300 feet. Annual rainfall 13 

 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 6 inches high; seed heads to 24 

 inches high. Seeds. 



299593. Col. No. 581. Grootfontein Agricultural College, Middelburg, 

 Cape Province. Rhizomatous perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 14 inches 

 high; heads to 30 inches high. Seeds. 



299594. Col. No. 609. Ungrazed clay loam pasture, 10 miles southeast 

 of Somerset East, Cape Province. Elevation 2,500 feet. Annual rain- 

 fall 20 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 15 inches high; heads 

 to 36 inches high. Seeds. 



299595. Digitaria chevalieri Stapf ex Prain 



Col. No. 223. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria, Plot 548. Suk Re- 

 serve, Kenya. Plant stoloniferous; stolons reddish; leaves few. Stolons. 



299596. Digitaria debilis (Desf.) Willd. 



Col. No. 314. Cutover timber land, rocky soil, Spitskop Plantation, moun- 

 tain plateau 21 miles northwest of town of White River, Transvaal. Eleva- 

 tion 5,450 feet. Annual, decumbent at base, rooting at lower nodes; stems 

 fine; leaves to 20 inches high; heads to 24 inches high. Stolons. 



299597 to 299600. DlGITARLA DECUMBENS Stent Pangolagrass. 



From the Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria, as stolons. 



299597. Col. No. 105. Plot 409. Kalahari. Plant stoloniferous; stems 

 moderately coarse; leaves to 17 inches high. 



299598. Col. No. 106. Plot 408. Bechuanaland. Plant stoloniferous; 

 stems moderately coarsi to 13 inches high. 



299599. Col. No. 127. Plot 769. Plant stoloniferous; stems fine; leaves 

 blue green, to 15 inches high. 



299600. Col. No. 173. Plot 666. Belfast, Transvaal. Plant stolonifer- 

 ous; stems fine; leaves to 14 inches high. 



299601. Digitaria cf. DECUMBENS Stent 



Col. No. 210. Plot 605. From the Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria, 

 as stolons. Between Nelspruit and White River, Transvaal. Plants stolo- 

 niferous, forming good ground cover; stems fine; leaves to 9 inches high. 

 299602 to 299608. Digitaria DECUMBENS Stent Pangolagrass. 



299602. Col. No. 316. Sandy soil, railroad right-of-way, Alkmaar, near 

 Crocodile River, 11 miles west of Nelspruit, Transvaal, Highway N-4. 

 Stoloniferous perennial; forms excellent ground cover, stolons long; 

 leaves to 12 inches high; seeds heads few. Stolons. 



299603. Col. No. 317. Clay loam, Lowveld Research Station, Barberton, 

 Transvaal. Elevation 2,300 feet. Stoloniferous perennial; stolons few; 

 stems small, glabrous; leaves to 12 inches high; heads to 30 inches high; 

 racemes short. Stolons. 



299604. Col. No. 324. Sandy gravel ungrazed pasture, one mile west of 

 Tonetti, Transvaal, Highway N-4. Elevation 2,840 feet. Stoloniferous 

 perennial; stolons few, hirsute; leaves to 10 inches high. Stolons. 



299605. Col. No. 330. Sandy ungrazed pasture, Hectorspruit, Transvaal, 

 Highway N-4, Crocodile River plain. Elevation 1,250 feet. Annual 

 rainfall 20 inches. Stoloniferous perennial; stolons few; stems fine; 

 leaves to 8 inches high. Stolons. 



299606. Col. No. 458. Disturbed dry sand, south bank of Pongola River, 

 Highway N-14, 10 miles north of Mkuze, Natal. Elevation 500 feet. 

 Annual rainfall 24 inches. Stoloniferous perennial; stolons few, long; 

 stems fine, hirsute, light green. Stolons. 



