490 SHORT NOTES. 



sessilia efc minora, margine crenato, tenuiter ciliata, pilosa infra in 

 venis, scabra supra, 5-10 lin. longa, 2-4 lin. lata ; verticillastri 

 2-6-flori; calyx S-dentatas, dentibus acuminatis, cum paucis pilis 

 dispersis in costis ; corolla bis lougior calyce ; flores albi cum 

 maculis roseis in segmeuto inferiore. 



Habitat. Natal. Sandy soil on banks of Mooi Eiver, 4550 ped. 

 alt., Dec. 1896; J. 21. Wood, No. 6252. 



This species seems to be near to S. nigrirans Bth., but differs in 

 size and shape of leaves, cutting and indument of calyx, and relative 

 size of corolla. It also, Mr. Schlechter informs us, approaches near 

 to his S. simple.)-, a species we have not seen. 



20. Ornithogalum capillaris, sp. n. Bulbus ovoideus, 3-5 lin. 

 diam., plerumque cum 2 vel pluribus scapis, tunicfe chartaceae, ex- 

 teriores productae, f-lf poll, ultra bulbum ; folia 3-6, partem 

 inferiorem caulis amplectentia, erecta, capillaria, glabra, ad 3 poll, 

 longa extendentia ; pedunculi graciles, 2-2|^ poll, longi ad pedi- 

 cellem infimum ; racemi 2-3 poll, longi, laxe 8-12-flori, pedicellis 

 adscendentibus, intimis f-1 poll, longis ; bractere lanceolatiB, subu- 

 lat^e ex basi lata, inferiores 2 lin. longfe ; perianthium album, 

 1|— 2 lin. longum, segmentis oblongis, ^ lin. latis pluribus nervis, 

 non carinatum ; stamina paullo breviora perianthio, filamenta 

 linearia ; stylus gracilis, ovario non longior. 



Habitat. Natal. Near Newcastle; 3900 ped. alt., Jan. ; J. M. 

 Wood, No. 6511. 



Differs from 0. pilosiis by size of bulb, colour of tunics, and 

 number of leaves, which are not ciliated ; and from 0. inandense by 

 indument of leaves, length of peduncle, pedicels, and bracts, and 

 colour of flowers. 



SHORT NOTES. 



Cheviotland Eubi and Ros.e. — Last August I collected the 

 following brambles and roses in Dist. 68 of Topographical Botany: — 

 Rnbas rhamnifolius^' Wh. & N. (one of the smaller forms). By 

 Eglingham Burn. — R. pulcheninms'^' Neum. Alnmouth and neigh- 

 bourhood. — R. Sebiievv'' Lindeb. Eglingham. — R. riisticaniis'-^' Merc. 

 Common. — R. da^iicus-'- Focke. Woods above Alnwick. — R. mucro- 

 natiis* Blox. Eglingham ; Dunstauburgh Head. — R. infeHtm'^' 

 Weihe. Alnmouth. — it. Drejeri'-^'- G. Jensen. North of Alnwick. — 

 R. radnla* Weihe (the type). Common from the R. Coquet to 

 Berwick, and from Morpeth to Newcastle (South Northumberland, 

 67, Top. Bot.). — Var. c. echinatoides'- Rogers. Dunstanburgh Head. 

 — R. Bellardi'^ Wh. & N. Hill above Eglingham. — H. diunetorum'^ 

 Wh. & N. Common. — Vars. b,. ferox''' Weihe; and b. diver si fuliu^'^ 

 Lindl. Alnmouth. — R. corylifulius" Sm. Common. — Var. b. ci/do- 

 phyllus'^' Lindeb. Alnmouth. — R. ccesius''- L. Howick and Embletou. 

 Rosa piinpinellifolia L. Alnwick. — R. mollis Sm. Common. — Var. 

 b. ccendea Woods. Common. — R. tomentosa Sm. Very common. — 

 Var. g. sylvestris Woods. Between Belford and Berwick. — R. rabi- 



