210 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 172 



299455 to 300194— Continued 



300002. Hibiscus sp. 



Col. No. 270. Disturbed rocky cliff, 10 miles north of Louis Trichardt, 

 Highway N-l. Elevation 4,150 feet, rocky steep terrain. Plants 24 inches 

 high. No blossoms available. Capsules including bracts collected. 



300003. Indigofera cryptantha Benth. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 248. Rocky, gravelly soil, open grassland, 10 miles north of Pre- 

 toria, Highway N-l. Elevation 4,466 feet. Shrub 18 inches high. Seed 

 pods curve upward from stem; 5-7 seeded, constructed between seeds. Seeds. 



300004. Indigofera schimperi Jaub. & Spach. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 463. (D. Edwards 3268). Jozini Dam Road, 8 miles northeast 

 of Mkuze. Disturbed locky hillside. Elevation 800 feet, hilly terrain. 

 Erect plant It! inches high; blue flowers; terete seed pods 1 inch long almost 

 perpendicular to raceme. Seeds. 



30000."). Indigofera stricta L. f. 



Col. No. 62.'!. Disturbed roadbank, 11 miles northwest of East London. 

 Elevation 500 feet, hilly terrain; annual rainfall 30 inches. Woody shrub 

 20 inches high. Plants spreading with fine branches near top; terete seed- 

 pods :! i inch long. Seeds. 



300006. Indigofera tinctoria l. 



Col. No. 34!>. cf. /. 8uffruticosa Mill. Disturbed site, water hole, on Loop 

 Road, Kruger National Park. Elevation 1,050 feet, level terrain, annual 

 rainfall 21 inches. Plants growing in large clumps on hard packed sandy 

 clay in full sun. Erect woody perennial 20 inches high, branching near 

 crown. Compound leaves with five pairs of leaflets and one single. Small 

 moonshaped pods curve upward, about 1 inch long. Seeds. 



300007. Indigofera cf. rhytidocarpa Benth. ex Harv. 



Col. No. 373. Onverwacht, seven miles northwest of Estcourt. Open 

 grassland, sandy soil. Elevation 3,300 feet, rolling terrain; annual rainfall 

 22 inches. Prostrate, crown spread 30 inches; height 10 inches. Plants 

 variable in height. Seeds. 



300008. Ipomoea pellita Hallier f. Convolvulaceae. 



Col. No. 510. Jim Shannon farm, 21 miles southwest of Harrismith. 

 Rocky mountainside; elevation 6,000 feet; annual rainfall 32 inches. 

 Grazed pasture, southern exposure. Vine, 10 feet long; simple leaves with 

 long petioles. Seeds. 



300009. Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don Leguminosae. 



Chinese bushclover. 



Col. No. 406. Commercial seed obtained from Estcourt Research Farm, 

 Estcouri. 



300010 and 300011. Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit. Legumino- 

 sae. Leadtree. 



300010. Col. No. 432. Caribbean name: Tan-Tan; Hawaiian name: 

 Koa Haole. Open grassland, 3 miles north of Stanger on east side of 

 Highway N-14. Elevation 485 feet, hilly terrain. Woody shrub, 5 

 feet high; heavy seeder. Seeds. 



300011. Col. No. 674. Leadtree, continental U.S.; Tan-Tan, Caribbean; 

 Kao-Haole, Hawaii. City park in Humewood suburb of Port Elizabeth. 

 Plants growing in sandy soil in wooded area. Perennial; 7 feet high; 

 seed pods borne in clusters; pods 7 inches long, V2 to % inch wide, flat 

 and septate. Seeds. 



300012. Leucospermum nutans R. Br. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. 725. Local name: Pin cushion. Presented by Mr. H. F. Wood, 

 Hermanns. Cultivated ornamental. Seeds. 



