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300158 to 300162. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover. 



Seed of breeding lines of red clover soon to be released as cultivars. Do- 

 nated by Grootfontein Agricultural College, Middelburg, Cape Province. 



300158. Col. No. 587. Breeding line R-69. 



300159. Col. No. 589. Breeding line 53. 



300160. Col. No. 590. Breeding line 56. 



300161. Col. No. 591. Breeding line 65. 



300162. Col. No. 592. Breeding line 66. 



300163 to 300166. Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy. Gramineae. 



300163. Col. No. 266. Disturbed red clay soil on bank of Diep River, 20 

 miles north of Pietersburg, Highway N-l. Elevation 4,000 feet. Plants 

 growing in open grassland in conjunction with other species of Urochloa. 

 Semidecumbent perennial; plants very leafy; heavy seed production. 

 Seeds. 



300164. Col. No. 273. Low wet roadside ditch, Mutale River flood plain, 

 24 miles north of Louis Trichardt. Elevation 2,100 feet, annual rainfall 

 16 inches. Strongly stoloniferous perennial; prostrate. Stolons. 



300165. Col. No. 293. Brown clay loam in citrus orchard on Great Le- 

 taba River 15 miles south of Tzaneen. Elevation 1,850 feet; level ter- 

 rain; annual rainfall 25 inches. Rhizomatous perennial forming dense 

 sod; leaf height 12 inches. Seeds. 



300166. Col. No. 326. Waste land 1 mile north of Highway N-4 at Ma- 

 lelane. Elevation 1,300 feet, level terrain; annual rainfall 20 inches. 

 Plants growing on sandy soil near Crocodile River. Rhizomatous peren- 

 nial; leaf height 12 inches. 



300167. Urochloa sp. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 271. Disturbed rocky gravelly clay soil along roadside, 23 miles 

 north of Louis Trichardt. Elevation 2,000 feet, level terrain. Sand River 

 plain annual rainfall 18 inches. Stoloniferous, prostrate with broad leaves. 

 Stolons. 



300168. Urochloa cf. trichopus (Hochst.) Stapf. 



Col. No. 380. Estcourt Research Farm, Estcourt. Elevation 3,800 feet, 

 rolling terrain ; annual rainfall 29 inches ; not frost free. Stoloniferous sod- 

 grass. Stolons. 



300169. Vicia faba L. Leguminosae. Broadbean. 

 Col. No. 374. Seeds purchased from seed store, Estcourt. 



300170. Vicia sp. 



Col. No. 706. Caledon Wild Flower Garden, Caledon. Woody shrub, 

 branched, 40 inches high; mauve flowers; seed pod 3 inches long, V2 inch 

 wide. Plant used as ornamental. Seeds. 

 300171 to 300175. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Leguminosae. 



Bethlehem Research Station, Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Elevation 

 5,400 feet, level terrain; annual rainfall 26 inches. Seeds. 



300171. Col. No. 499. 'New Era'. 



300172. Col. No. 500. 'Witzenborg'. 



300173. Col. No. 501. 'Beehuanaland White'. 



300174. Col. No. 502. 'Victor'. 



300175. Col. No. 503. 'Saunders Upright'. 

 300176. Vigna wilmsii Burtt-Davy 



Col. No. 412. Middlerest, 20 miles east of Estcourt. Elevation 3,500 feet, 

 hilly terrain; annual rainfall 30 inches; not frost free. Plant in wet sand in 

 running stream. Heavily nodulated vine; trifoliate leaves, narrow leaflets; 

 yellow flowers. Seeds. 



