JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 105 
273497 to 273551—Continued 
273541 and 273542. OSTEOSPERMUM SINUATUM (DC.) Norl. 
273541. Col. No. 19076. Rocky arroyo and roadside, 94 miles southwest 
of Beaufort West. Straggly perennial to two inches high; stems light 
gray, woody, slender; flowers yellow; fruits have large wings. 
273542. Col. No. 19091. Along arroyo between Kivietskuil and 
Wiegnaarspoort, Aberdeen District. Dense, semi-erect plant to 10 
inches high. 
273543 to 273545. OSTEOSPERMUM SPINESCENS Thunb. 
273543. Col. No. 950. Roadside four miles south of Hofmeyr, road to 
Cradock. Plant stiff, spreading, much branched, to three feet high; 
flowers yellow. 
273544. Col. No. 953. Moist roadside pit, 33 miles northwest of Cradock, 
Cradock-Middelberg Road. Stiff, much-branched shrub to three feet 
high. 
273545. Col. No. 958. Sandy loam, roadside and adjacent fields, 19 miles 
northwest of Colesberg, road to Philipstown, Cape Province. 
273546. OSTEOSPERMUM sp. 
Col. No. 18642. Weed in cultivated fields, Pakhuis Mountain, Clanwil- 
liam District, Cape Province. Erect annual to 20 inches high; crowns 
spreading; rays yellow. Used as pig feed. 
273547. OSTEOSPERMUM sp. 
Col. No. 18691. Near sea, seven miles west of Darling, Cape Province. 
Annual, 
273548. OSTEOSPERMUM sp. 
Col. No. 18698. Two miles east of Darling. Erect annual; rays yellow, 
brown mark at base. 
273549. OSTEOSPERMUM sp. 
Col. No. 19071. Veld Reserve, Worcester, Cape Province. Elevation 
2,000 feet. Small, erect, bushy annual; flowers yellow, small. 
273550. PSORALEA SPICATA L. Fabaceae. 
Col. No. 18968. Along highway between Swellendam and Montagu, 
Cape Province. Slender shrub to 10 feet high single caudex; fruit abundant. 
273551. RESTIOsp. Restionaceae. 
Col. No. 19063. Rocky slope, summit of Du Toits Kloof, Paarl District, 
Cape Province. Elevation 3,000 feet. Rhizomatous, clonal, dioecious 
perennial to three feet high; seed heads large; seeds large, golden, iri- 
descent. 
273552 to 273559. SECHIUM EDULE (Jacq.) Sw. Cucurbitaceae. 
Chayote. 
From Honduras. Fruits presented by the Escuela Agricola Pan-Americana, 
Tegucigalpa. Received March 31, 1961. 
273552. No. 1. 273556. No. 5. 
273553. No. 2. 273557. No. 6. 
273554. No. 3. 273558. No. 7. 
273555. No. 4. 273559. No. 8. 
273560 to 273573. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Bo- 
tanical Garden Batumen, Academy of Sciences, Georgia Batum, Georgia. 
Received April 3, 1961. 
273560. DICTAMNUS CAUCASICUS Hort. Rutaceae. 
