Inventory 61. Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II. 



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A Dense Thicket of Spekboom, in the Addo Bush, Cape Province. 



PORTULACARIA AFRA JACQ., S. P. I. NO. 48510. 



•'One of the most ijromuient plants of the addo bush, the habitat of the only herd of wild ele- 

 phants in .South Africa, this plant snpphes the larger part of their forage. " It is reUshed also 

 by cattle, shc*ep, and ostriches, and even children enjoy eating the leaves. It may prove 

 adapted to the coast region of southern CaUfomia, where it is now growing in gardens, and 

 possibly will take the place of the worthless chaparral." iShantz^ (Photographed bv Dr. 

 H. L. Shantz, Kenkelbosch, Cape Province, Septembe' 7. 1919: P36202FS.) 



