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299455 to 300194— Continued 



299951 to 299961— Continued 



299961. Col. No. 560. Weed in irrigated orchard, 15 miles north of 

 Barkley West, Vaal River. Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 15 

 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 12 inches high; heavy seeder. 

 Seeds. 



299962. Eragrostis truncata Hack. 



Col. No. 566. Disturbed roadside, 2 miles west of Jacobsdal, Transvaal. 

 Elevation 4,000 feet. Annual rainfall 16 inches. Prostrate. Rhizomatous 

 perennial forming dense mat. Seeds. 



299963. Eragrostis sp. 



Col. No. 454. Clay soil, between Highway N-14 and Pongola River, en- 

 trance to Pongolapoort, Natal, 12 miles northeast of Mkuze. Elevation 500 

 feet. Annual rainfall 21 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaves to 12 inches 

 high; heavy seeder. May be a new species. Seeds. 



299964. Erythrina humeana Spreng. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 322. Local name: Summer flowering leafferboom. Disturbed 

 site along highway in open grassland 1 mile southeast of Louws Creek, 

 Transvaal. Elevation 2,900 feet, rolling terrain. Woody shrub 3 feet high 

 with short thorns; dark green leaves; axillary inflorescence. Seeds light 

 red; of ornamental value. Seeds. 



299965. Eulalia VILLOSA (Thunb.) Nees Gramineae. 



Col. No. 430. (D. Edwards 3241). Eastern slope of Hard Table Moun- 

 tain on Kranskop-Stanger Road. Elevation 3,100 feet, mountainous terrain; 

 annual rainfall 35 inches. Erect perennial; head height 48 inches. Seeds. 



299966. Eustachys paspaloides (Vahl) Lanza & Mattei Gramineae. 



Col. No. 553. Rangeland, 20 miles east of Kimberley, Highway N-8; ele- 

 vation 4,000 feet, level terrain; annual rainfall 16 inches. Stoloniferous 

 perennial with short stolons; leaf height 8 inches. Seeds. 



299967. Fingerhuthia africana Lehm. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 594. Open grassland, 5 miles north of Cradock. Elevation 2,400 

 feet, hilly terrain; anunal rainfall 12 inches, Shallow rocky soil, disturbed 

 site. Perennial bunchgrass; leaf height 12 inches; head height 20 inches; 

 very leafy. Seeds. 



299968 to 299970. Fingerhuthia sesleriaeformis Nees 



299968. Col. No. 413. Middlerest, 20 miles east of Estcourt. Elevation 

 3,500 feet, hilly terrain; annual rainfall 30 inches; not frostfree. 

 Plants deeply embedded in moist sand in streambed. Stems rooting in 

 the sand; height 8 inches; small yellow blossoms x k inch diameter. 

 Seeds. 



299969. Col. No. 512. Ungrazed pasture along dry stream, 27 miles 

 southwest of Harrismith. Elevation 5,600 feet, mountainous terrain; 

 annual rainfall 35 inches. Perennial bunchgrass; leaf height 8 inches; 

 head height 36 inches. Plants grow in clumps; cold tolerant and pal- 

 atable. Seeds. 



299970. Col. No. 600. Dry stream bank, 24 miles southwest of Cradock. 

 Elevation 4,000 feet, mountainous terrain; annual rainfall 17 inches. 

 Perennial bunchgrass forming large clumps; leaf height 15 inches; head 

 height 30 inches. Seeds. 



299971 and 299972. Gladiolus alatus L. Iridaceae. 



299971. Col. No. 704. Presented by Caledon Wild Flower Garden, Cale- 

 don, Cape Province. Red flowers. Seeds. 



299972. Col. No. 727. Presented by Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, New- 

 lands, Cape Province. Cultivated ornamental. Seeds. 



