JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 51 
271947 to 271971. 
From the Union of South Africa. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and A. S. 
Barclay, agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry 
Station, Beltsville, Md. Received March 2, 1961. 
271947. CASTALIS NUDICAULIS (L.) Norl. Asteraceae. 
Col. No. 18727. Burned-over coarse granitic soil, Dutorts Kloof, 20 miles 
west of Worcester. Elevation 2,500 feet. Plants erect, stout-stemmed 
perennial, to 12 inches high, with two to five terminal heads; achenes fairly 
persistent. 
271948. CASTALIS NUDICAULIS var. GRAMINIFOLIA (L.) Norl. 
Col. No. 18757. Stony conglomerate, four miles northwest of Worcester, 
Cape Province. Elevation 2,000 feet. Low, spreading perennial to 10 
inches high; branches erect. 
271949. CASTALIS sp. 
Col. No. 18858. Limestone hill near sea, Alguhas Point, Bredasdorp 
District, Cape Province. Straggly perennial with few, long-peduncled, 
single floral heads. 
271950 to 271954. CHRYSANTHEMOIDES MONILIFERA (L.) Norl. Asteraceae. 
271950. Col. No. 18708. Granitic slope near sea, upper Cloofnek road, 
Cape Town. Spreading, single-stemmed shrub to three feet high; 
leaves succulent; flowers yellow. 
271951. Col. No. 18779. Fairy Glen, eight miles northeast of Worcester. 
Large, leafy, hemispherical shrub; achenes fleshy on drooping pe- 
duncles. 
271952. Col. No. 18842. Roadside in silty bottom soil, eight miles west 
of Bredasdorp. Shrubs abundant, to six feet high; flowers yellow; 
immature fruits green, turning yellow to red when ripe. 
271953. Col. No. 18955. Prince Albert’s Pass, Uniondale District, Cape 
Province. Elevation 3,000 feet. Plant large leafy shrub. 
271954. Col. No. 18922. ‘Angustifolia’. River bank silt, Tarka River, 
Cookhouse-Cradock Road, Cape Province. Elevation 2,500 feet. 
Rhizomatous leafy perennial drooping in masses down bank; flowers 
yellow; fruits green, yellow, red. 
271955 and 271956. DIMORPHOTHECA PLUVIALIS (L.) Moench. Asteraceae. 
271955. Col. No. 18772. Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Cape Town. 
Ornamental annual. 
271956. Col. No. 18773. Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Cape Town. 
Ornamental annual. 
271957. DIMORPHOTHECA SINUATA DC. Blue-eyed cape-marigold. 
Col. No. 18771. Kirstembosch Botanic Gardens, Cape Town. Orna- 
mental annual. 
271958. DIMORPHOTHECA sp. 
Col. No. 18862. Sandy soil above beach, Alguhas Point, Bredasdorp 
District, Cape Province. Spreading annual with few flower heads. 
271959. OSTEOSPERMUM AMPLECTENS (Harv.) Norl. Asteraceae. 
Col. No. 18770. Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Cape Town. Annual. 
271960. OSTEOSPERMUM CORYMBOSUM L. 
Col. No. 18963. Burned over maqui, Garcia Pass, 11 miles north of 
Riverdale, Cape Province. Elevation 2,500 feet. Virgate annual to seven 
feet high; leaves large, imbricated, on long tapering stem, topped with 
spreading paniculate umbels of yellow flowers. 
