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299932. Eragrostis heteromera Stapf 



Col. No. 464. Disturbed rock soil 8 miles northeast of Mkuze, Jozini Dam 

 Road, Natal. Elevation 800 feet. Wiry perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 12 

 inches high; heads to 24 inches high. Seeds. 



299933 and 299934. Eragrostis horizontalis Peter 



299933. Col. No. 272. Disturbed roadside 23 miles north of Louis Tri- 

 chardt. Elevation 2,000 feet. Annual rainfall 18 inches. Weak pe- 

 rennial bunchgrass. Seeds. 



299934. Col. No. 341. Hard sandy firebreak, Nap he Road, Kruger Na- 

 tional Park. Elevation 1,100 feet. Annual rainfall 20 inches. Weak 

 perennial; foliage sparse; leaves to 6 inches high; seeds profusely. 

 Seeds. 



299935 to 299942. Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees Lehmann lovegrass. 



299935. Col. No. 275. Local name: Eastern Province Vleigrass. Shal- 

 low, rocky, overgrazed pasture, Mutale River flood plain, 24 miles north 

 of Louis Trichardt, Transvaal. Elevation 2,100 feet. Annual rainfall 

 16 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 16 inches high. Seeds. 



299936. Col. No. 537. Glen Agricultural College, Glen, Orange Free 

 State. Perennial bunchgrass. Seeds. 



299937. Col. No. 546. Weed in orchard, Glen Agricultural College, Glen, 

 Orange Free State. Elevation 4,200 feet. Annual rainfall 20 inches. 

 Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 6 inches high; heavy seeder. Seeds. 



299938. Col. No. 548. Disturbed loamy sand, grassland 10 miles north- 

 west of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Highway N-8. Elevation 

 4,200 feet. Annual rainfall 19 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves 

 to 6 inches high; heavy seeder. Seeds. 



299939. Col. No. 565. Disturbed roadside 12 miles east of Modder River 

 Station. Orange Free State. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 16 

 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; clumps small; leaves to 4 inches high. 

 Seeds. 



299940. Col. No. 574. Shallow sandy loam rangeland 3 miles northeast 

 of Middelburg, Cape Province. Elevation 4,300 feet. Annual rainfall 

 13 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 6 inches high; heads to 12 

 inches high; good seeder. Seeds. 



299941. Col. No. 602. Pasture 10 miles south of Groof-Reinet, Cape 

 Province on Pearston Road. Elevation 2,000 feet. Annual rainfall 12 

 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; heads to 20 inches high; heavy seeder. 

 Seeds. 



299942. Col. No. 604. Disturbed roadside 12 miles southeast of Jason- 

 ville, Cape Province on Pearston Road. Elevation 1,600 feet. Annual 

 rainfall 8 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 6 inches high. 

 Seeds. 



299943. Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees Weeping lovegrass. 



Col. No. 641. Clay soil, Bathurst Agricultural Research Station, Bath- 

 urst, Cape Province. Plot 24. Vaalbank, Transvaal. Elevation 850 feet. 

 Annual rainfall 27 inches. Leafy perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 20 inches 

 high; heads to 36 inches high. Seeds. 



299944 to 299948. Eragrostis obtusa Munro ex Fie. et Hiern. 



299944. Col. No. 535. Glen Agricultural College, Glen, Orange Free 

 State. Perennial bunchgrass adapted to dry loam. Seeds. 



299945. Col. No. 559. Weed, edge of irrigated field, 2 miles north of 

 Barkley West, Cape Province. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 

 15 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 6 inches high; heavy seeder. 

 Seeds. 



