66 NOTES ON SAXIFRAGA. 
Chloris somalensis Rendle Gramen gracile, elatum, = 
glauco- vindibas, ce lineari- lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, Vv 
lineari-acuminatis, ligula subobsoleta, scariosa, fimbriata ; mee 
quaternis, confertis, cst tl angustis, densis, atro- viridibus, 
spiculis lanceolatis, bilinealibus, unifloris; glumis vacuis valde 
ineequalibus, exteriore see nervo excepto hyalina, acute-lanceo- 
scabridula; gluma fertili, quum aperta est, ovata, nervis m arginali- 
bus superne — exceptis glabra, ex apice vix bilobulate aris- 
tata, arista glumam duplo excedente, palea vix breviore, ova 
viridi, glabra ; ain superiore ad rudimentum pedicellatum, 
Sc RIBS reducta 
egant plant, apparently perennial and cespitose, glabrous, 
erect, slender, the single culm including the inflorescence 8 ft. high, 
sheathed at the base by distichous flattened glabrous se shoal 
about 8 in. long; cauline internodes 5, terete and s the 
lowest only 3 line in diameter, except the lowest fucroadiill 
longer than the loose submembranous leaf-sheaths; basal leaf- 
blades reaching 9 in. long, 24 lines broad, often plicate on the 
conspicuous midrib, or convolute, apex subaristate ; cauline leaves 
shorter, base of the blade sometimes sparsely pilose on the upper 
ace. Edges of subflattened green rachis scabridulous, spike 4 to 
searcely 1 line wide, outer Re glume 1 line long, inner 13-2 
lines, fertile glume 14 line, awn 3 lines, straight or slightly bent at 
the base, pedicel of upper jroned Bathe slender, glabrous, 3 line 
long, yume rudiment 4 awn reer 1 line 
A well-marked species, perhaps nearest to C. radiata Sw., but 
gripe by habit, dens Sowared zpikelet, glabrous flowering 
glume, 
Hab. Wagga Mountain. 
NOTES ON SAXIFRAGA. 
By James Brirten, F.L.S. 
s of David Don’s Mono ery ‘A Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xili. 341-459 (1822), from the sollastie of Pallas, which was 
formerly in Lambert’s Herbarium, and was bought for the Museum 
at his sale in 1842, at the = of £49. To these I have added such 
other matters of interest as including certain 
corrections of Mr. Furkoosts 8 invainabis Indea insists: with a few 
additions thereto, indicated by a prefixed asterisk. 
*S. adjugifolia Haw. Mise. Nat. 163 (sphalm.) = ajugifolia. 
*S. adscendens Pay. ex D. Don, I. c. 420 = cuneifolia. 
S. arzores L. Sp. Pl. 403. I observe that Dr. Britton and 
his school 
retain this name, but if the neo-American rule of priority of 
se ee El pas oi emai aT al a i Sli el area 0 eh 
