PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



75865 to 75959— Continued. 



75890. Festuca sp. 



No. 322. August 31, 1927. Kibo grass. 

 These seeds were gathered from the small 

 bunches of grass growing in the gravel on the 

 saddle toward Kibo for about a mile, then 

 found as widely scattered plants in moist 

 sheltered places as far as ITans Meyer's cave 

 or a little beyond. This species and a Gyna- 

 phaliunilike plant are the ultimate vegetation 

 on the Kibo Peak. The extreme altitude is 

 about 17,000 feet. 



75891. Festuca sp. 



No. 351. Camp Mitchell and vicinity. 

 October, 1927. The most abundant grass of 

 forage quality at high altitudes on Mount 

 Kenya, Kenya Colony. It occurs in forest 

 glades and among bamboos at an altitude of 

 6,000 feet to the limit of the forest and for 

 perhaps another 2,000 feet up on to the high 

 moors. The highest altitude is about 12,000 



75892. Gomphocarpus sp. Asclepiadaceae. 



No. 500. September 22, 1927. A milkweed 

 of possible ornamental value infrequent near 

 marshy lands in Ngorongoro Crater, Tangan- 

 yika. 



75893. Grevillea banksii R. Br. Proteaceae. 



No. 361. October 25, 1927. An ornamental 

 Australian red-flowered shrub or small tree, 8 to 

 10 feet high, growing in the garden of Lady 

 Muriel Jex-Blake, Nairobi, Kenya Colony. 



For previous introduction see No. 74680. 



75894 and 75395. Hibiscus spp. Malvaceae. 



October 25, 1927. From the garden of Lady 

 Muriel Jex-Blake, Nairobi, Kenya Colony. 



75894. Hibiscus sp. 



No. 364. An ornamental shrub, 6 to 8 feet 

 high, with yellow flowers. 



75895. Hibiscus sp. 



No. 365. An ornamental shrub with 

 purple flowers. 



75896 and 75897. Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf. 

 (Andropogon hirtus L.). Poaceae. Grass. 



75896. No. 346a. October 12, 1927. One of 

 the less common grasses in the forest 

 meadows on Mount Kenya, Kenya 

 Colony. 



75897. No. 346b. October 14, 1927. Seeds 

 collected on a gravelly ridge beside the 

 road leading to Capt. A. E. Miller's farm 

 at Kalabu, Nanyuki, Kenya Colony. 



75898 to 75901. Hyparrhenia spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



75898. Hyparrhenia sp. 



No. 293. August 22, 1927. Red oatgrass. 

 A tall coarse grass, 6 to 10 feet tall, very com- 

 mon along the road leading to the Kibosho 

 mission, near Moshi, Tanganyika. The 

 heads are similar to the red oatgrass from 

 Kitui and Kinangop Plateau, but the plants 

 are larger and coarser than the latter. This 

 is a very handsome species when ripening, 

 because of the red glumes. 



75899. Hyparrhenia sp. 



No. 327. Kilimanjaro Mountain, Tan- 

 ganyika. August 31, 1927. A rare grass 

 obviously not very aggressive here. 



75900. Hyparrhenia sp. 



No. 349. October 14, 1927. A thatching 

 grass used by Capt. A. E. Miller, Kalabu, 

 Nanyuki, Kenya Colony. It is a very 

 abundant grass in the plains around the 

 northwest side of Mount Kenya, Kenya 

 Colony. 



75865 to 75959— Continued. 



75901. Hyparrhenia sp. 



No. 406. August 24, 1927. A frequent 

 species along the old Moshi and Kibosho 

 Roads and clearings north of Moshi, Tan- 

 ganyika. 



75902. IIyphaene sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 623. September 13, 1927. A species 

 growing in the palm belt on the low flat land 

 south of Lake Manyara, Tanganyika. 



75903. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 305. Ngorongoro, Tanganyika. Sep- 

 tember 20, 1927. A common species in the dense 

 brush which occupies the burned-over areas on 

 the outside of the smooth side of Ngorongoro. 

 It is an excellent seed producer, partly because 

 the pods are not as subject to insect invasion as 

 the larger podded species. 



75904. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 624. September 27, 1927. A shrub 

 common in the grass and Acacia area between 

 Ngorongoro and Mbulu, Tanganyika. The 

 tops are killed with each grass fire and new shoots 

 are sent out. 



75905. Kalanchoe sp. Crassulaceae. 



No. 363. October 25, 1927. An ornamental 

 shrub with panicles of large flowers, growing in 

 the garden of Lady Muriel Jex-Blake, Nairobi, 

 Kenya Colony. 



75906. Koeleria convoluta Hochst. Poaceae. 



Grass . 



No. 354. Camp Soames, Mount Kenya, 

 Kenva Colony. October 13, 1927. A rather 

 rare grass, found at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 

 feet in the upper grasslands next to the moors. 



75907. Leptochloa sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 405. August 24, 1927. A common leafy 

 grass 6 to 7 feet tall and of excellent seed habit, 

 growing on clearings north of Moshi, near 

 Kilimanjaro Mountain, and along the old Moshi 

 and Kibosho Roads, Tanganyika. It is found 

 up to an altitude of 5,000 feet. 



75908 and 75909. Lobelia spp. Campanulaceae. 



75908. Lobelia sp. 



No. 602. A giant species with large 

 broad bracts, scattered throughout the moors 

 above the forests on Mount Kenya, Kenya 

 Colony. October 13, 1927. 



75909. Lobelia sp. 



No. 603. A giant species with long linear 

 bracts, scattered throughout the moors 

 above the forests on Mount Kenya, Kenya 

 Colony. October 13, 1927. 



75910. Lotus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 315. Camp 1 (in the green-barked 

 Mimosas), Ngorongoro, Tanganyika. Septem- 

 ber 21, 1927. The only legume of any possible 

 forage value found on the plains on the floor of 

 Ngorongoro Crater. It occurs in occasional 

 small areas among the Bermuda grass and 

 blossoms rather sparingly. 



75911 to 75915. Lupinus spp. Fabaceae. 



Presented by W. L. Watt, Superintendent, 

 Scott Agricultural Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya 

 Colony. October 6, 1927. 



75911. Lupinus alb us L. 



White lupine. 



No. 335. An ovate-leaved, white-flowered 

 legume used for fodder. 



For previous introduction see No. 52752. 



