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299837. Digitaria cf. decumbens Stent 



Col. No. 209. Local name: Swaziland fingergrass. Plot 602. Horticul- 

 tural Research Institute, Pretoria. Meerlus. Plant stoloniferous; stems 

 fine; leaves narrow, to 9 inches high; heads to 20 inches high. Stolons. 



299838 to 299840. Digitaria swazilandensis Stent 



299838. Col. No. 282. Local name: Swaziland fingergrass. Clay loam 

 grassland Westfalia Estate near Duiwelskloof, Transvaal. Elevation 

 3,400 feet. Shade tolerant stoloniferous perennial; leaves to 6 inches 

 high. Stolons. 



299839. Col. No. 379. Local name: Swaziland fingergrass. Estcourt 

 Research Farm, Estcourt, Natal. Elevation 3,800 feet. Annual rain- 

 fall 29 inches. Stoloniferous perennial. Stolons. 



299840. Col. No. 444. Local name: Swaziland fingergrass. Heavily 

 grazed grassland, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Natal. Elevation 700 feet. 

 Annual rainfall 35 inches. Stoloniferous perennial; stems fine. Sto- 

 lons. 



299841. Digitaria ternata (A. Rich.) Stapf 



Col. No. 485. Disturbed sand 11 miles east of Mtubatuba, St. Lucia Road, 

 Natal. Annual bunchgrass; leaves to 12 inches high. Seeds. 



299842 and 299843. Digitaria tricholaenoides Stapf 



299842. Col. No. 407. Open grassland, sandy loam, Ntabanhlope Re- 

 search Farm, Estcourt, Natal. Elevation 5,000 feet. Rhizomatous pe- 

 rennial adapted to 40 inches rainfall and temperatures to 50F.; rhiz- 

 omes short, thick; leaves to 12 inches high; heads to 18 inches high. 

 Rhizomes. 



299843. Col. No. 523. Pasture 15 miles east of Bethlehem, Orange Free 

 State on Clarens Road. Elevation 5,200 feet. Annual rainfall 30 

 inches. Rhizomatous perennial; leaves to eight inches high; heads to 

 30 inches high. Rhizomes. 



299844 to 299890. Digitaria valida Stent 



299844 to 299879. Rietondale Research Station, Pretoria. Stolons. Local 

 name: Large fingergrass. 



299844. Col. No. 19. Plot 837. Plant stoloniferous; leaves to 8 inches 

 high; seed heads few. 



299845. Col. No. 30. Plot 828. Goha Hills, Kalahari. Plant stolo- 

 niferous; stolons few; stems coarse; leaves to 14 inches high. 



299846. Col. No. 32. Plot 830. Banagi Plains, Kenya. Plant stolo- 

 niferous; stems fine; leaves to 12 inches high. 



299847. Col. No. 49. Plot 439. Tsotsoroga Pan, Kalahari. Plant 

 stoloniferous; stolons few; stems moderately coarse; leaves to 16 

 inches high. 



299848. Col. No. 59. Plot 429. Zarchum Pan, Kalahari. Plant stol- 

 oniferous; stems fine; leaves to 16 inches high. 



299849. Col. No. 62. Plot 805. Loliondo, Tanganyika. Plant stolo- 

 niferous; stems moderately coarse; leaves to 12 inches high. 



299850. Col. No. 64. Plot 807. M'beya, Tanganyika. Plant stolonif- 

 erous; stems moderately coarse; leaves broad, to 6 inches high. 



299851. Col. No. 73. Plot 816. Umbulumatsi, Mozambique. Plant 

 stoloniferous; stems fine; leaves to 7 inches high. 



299852. Col. No. 88. Plot 803. Gomoti River. Plant stoloniferous; 

 leaves moderately coarse; leaves to 18 inches high. 



