250 NOTKS FROM THE BOTANIC GARDKNS, SYDNRV, NO.Xvii.. 



but our specimen from Cairns aj^rees, in every respect, with the 

 New South Wales specimens, except that they are a trifle more 

 robust. 



GRAMINE;^. 



DiPLACHNE Pkacockii Maiden cfe Betche. Xew for Queensland. 



Warwick, Queensland(J. L. Boorman: March, 1911). 



Described in the "Agricultural Gazette of N. S. Wales," xv.. 

 '.i"25(1904), from specimens collected at Coolabah, N.S.W. This 

 is the second locality recorded. 



Eragrostis TRICF^(JPHYLLA Benth. New for New South Wales 



and Queensland. 



Coolabah, N..S. W. f.J. L. Boorman; June. 1901); Waverley 

 Downs, N.S.W.(A. W. .Mullen: April, 1906); Jericho, .SCO miles 

 west of Ruckhampton, Queensland(R. Simmons; January, 1908). 



Previously recorded from South Australia only. 



Eragrostis speciosa Steud. New for New South Wales. 



Narrabri: in dry, stindy water-courses in the Pilliga scrub( Dr. 

 J. Burton Clelantl; January, 1912). 



Previously recorded from South and Western Australia, Queens- 

 land, and North Australia. 



SCHISMUS FASCICULATUS I^CaU \ . 



Thackaringa(J. M. Carne; December, 1910): Purnamoota, 20 

 miles north of Broken Hill(J. M. Black; October, 1891). 



A South Afiican grass naturalised in the north-western dis- 

 tricts of New South Wales. The synonymy of the grass is rather 

 cftnfusing. SchismHf< marginafus 13cauv., is thi' name for it in 

 the Index Kewensis, but Dr. Stapf describes it in Vol.vii., p. 693. 

 of the Flora Capensis, under the name of S./asciculatus, and 

 gives S. marginatus as a synonym. 



It is a very variable grass, uiid this accounts for the numerous 

 synonyms. Oui- Tliackaringa specimens are small, rigid plants 

 much of the linbit of Diplachni- /o/ii/ormis F.y.M .: while South 



