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276434. OSTEOSPERMUM CALENDULACEUM L.f. Asteraceae. 
Col. No. 18901. Karoo Veld valley, 34 miles southeast of Middelburg, 
towards Craddock, C.P. Elevation 3,500 feet. Low, decumbent, spreading 
annual; flowers yellow; heads nodding. 
276435. OSTEOSPERMUM CAULESCENS Harv. 
Col. No. 965. Grassy roadside, and adjacent sandy fields, 2 miles east 
of Bapsfontein, Bronkhorstspruit District, Transvaal. Erect perennial; 
stems and fruits well above plant body; ray florets white, with purple 
striations on lower surface; disk yellow. 
276436. OSTEOSPERMUM CLANDESTINUM (Less.) T. Norl. 
Col. No. 18741. Veld Reserve, Worcester, Cape Province. Procumbent 
annual; flower rays yellow with brown markings. 5 
276437. OSTEOSPERMUM DREGEI (DC.) T. Norl. 
Col. No. 18654. Sandy acidic soil, Niewoudtville. Broad, dense peren- 
nial to 8 inches high; leafy stems upright; flower rays white. 
276438 to 276440. OSTEOSPERMUM MURICATUM E. Mey. 
276438. Col. No. 942. Roadside 0.5 mile south of Krom River, Rich- 
mond-Beaufort West road. Perennial herb with woody base from 
which numerous stems arise, forming a rounded plant; flowers yellow. 
276439. Col. No. 18747. Veld Reserve, Worcester, C.P. Perennial herb 
cultivated experimentally for sheep range. 
276440. Col. No. 19214. Moist bottomland, Kalihari sands, Witsands, 
Hay Dist., C.P. Plant low, erect. 
276441 and 276442. OSTEOSPERMUM SINUATUM (DC.) T. Norl. 
276441. Col. No. 944. Rocky roadside, 30 miles northeast of Beaufort 
yy oat, Nilspoort road. Shrubby perennial to 1.5 feet high; flowers 
yellow. 
276442. Col. No. 18740. Veld Reserve, Worcester, C.P. Procumbent 
perennial; rays yellow. 
276443. OSTEOSPERMUM SPINESCENS Thunb. 
Col. No. 946. Silty, sandy, rocky roadside and adjacent fields in acacia 
karoo, 63 miles east of Beaufort West, road to Aberdeen. Low, stiff, woody 
shrub; flowers yellow. 
276444 and 276445. CITRULLUS LANATUS (Thunb.) Mansf. 
Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 
From Jordan. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Amman. Received August 28, 1961. 
276444. ‘Baladi’. 
276445. ‘Jadouhi’. 
276446 to 276470. 
From Italy. Bulbs and tubers collected by G. W. Pittarelli, Crops Research 
Division, Beltsville, Md. Received August 28, 1961. 
276446. ALLIUM SATIVUM L. Liliaceae. Garlic. 
‘Molise’. 
