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274084. RICINUS COMMUNIS L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 
Col. No. 19161. Roadside thorn forest, between Lydenburg and Pieters- 
burg, Transvaal. Spreading bush to four feet high. 
274085. SESAMUM ALATUM Thonn. Pedaliaceae. 
Col. No. 19156. Sandy granitic soil, Preterius Kop, Kruger Park, Trans- 
vaal. Annual to three feet high; stem slender, single. 
274086 and 274087. SESAMUM ANGOLENSE Welw. 
274086. Col. No. 19167. Acacia grassland, 29 miles south of Messina, 
Transvaal. Tall virgate annual; some stems branching; flowers 
mauve, livid on lower lip. 
274087. Col. No. 19173. Gravelly roadside, 17 miles north of Nylstroom, 
Waterberg District, Transvaal. Short-lived herbaceous perennial to 
six feet high; stem woody; branches long, divergent; flowers pale 
mauve; capsules sparse, indeterminate. 
274088. SESAMUM sp. 
Col. No. 19148. Sandy soil in Karoo veld, 22 miles south of Koffiefontein, 
road to Fauresmith. Indeterminate summer annual to four feet high; 
flowers purple; capsules paired along stem. 
274089. TEPHROSIA sp. Fabaceae. 
Col. No. 19174. Gravelly roadside, 17 miles north of Nylstroom, Water- 
berg District, Transvaal. Perennial herb, to six feet high, with single 
caudex; branches, several, arching; flowers pale lavender. 
274090. TETRACHNE DREGEI Nees’ Poaceae. 
Col. No. 19141. Environs of Grootfontein. Elevation 4,000 feet. Well 
tufted xerophytic summer grass; leaves green. Seeds easily germinated 
but have high mortality as seedling lifts itself out of the soil. Valued as 
pasture grass. 
274091. THEMEDA TRIANDRA Forsk. Poaceae. Rooi grass. 
Col. No. 18906. Roadside, Karoo Veld, 20 miles southeast of Middelberg, 
towards Cradock, Cape Province. Elevation 3,500 feet. Leafy, bushy 
perennial to 32 inches high. Well grazed. Annual rainfall 12 to 20 inches. 
Temperature low as 15° F. 
274092 and 274093. 
From Colombia. Cuttings presented by George C. Van den Bergh, Barran- 
quilla. Received April 12, 1961. 
274092. HIBISCUS sp. Malvaceae. 
274093. HIBISCUS sp. 
274094 to 274097. 
From Finland. Cuttings presented by Mustilan Taimitarhat, Mustila, 
Elimaki. Received April 13, 1961. 
274094. LARIX GMELINII (Rupr.) Rupr. Pinaceae. 
274095. LARIX GMELINII var. JAPONICA (Reg.) Pilger 
- 274096. LARIX GMELINII var. OLGENSIS (Henry) Ost. & Syr.-Lar. 
274097. LARIX OCCIDENTALIS Nuttall 
274098 to 274151. 
From the Netherlands. Plants purchased from William C. Hage, Boskoop. 
Received April 14, 1961. 
274098. ABIES AMABILIS (Loud.) Forbes Pinaceae. 
‘Procumbens’. 
