THREE NEW AFRICAN GRASSES. 857 
The new species are as follow :— 
Scabiosa A: Nob. Ion. Anthol. i. 698. 
olitaria Nob. ey 3 re 
Galium nehyiiaas Nob. a - 940. 
flee torium Nob. go igh 942. 
Rubia ns Nob. 7 e 944, 
Plantagd: all Nob. a os 950. 
Potamogeton setaceum Nob. ,, “ 956. 
Myosotis echinosperma Nob. ,, ms 960. 
Anchusa bulbosa Nob. Ff iy ibe 20a 
dami ye 99 
Convolvulus os Nob. ,, 7 192. 
Campanula pruinosa Nob. ,, 5 204. 
muscosa Nob. ,, 
Some of these have bk aesbiak to well- ibe species, others 
remain unidentified, but with this I am not concern 
esides these, there j is anew genus established -Raddia—(I. ty 
448) which is not to be found in Pfeiffer, Durand, Bentham & Hooker, 
or in such other authors as I have consulted. It comes next to 
Anthoxanthum, and is named ‘ Raddia aculeata. Nob. _Anthosanthum 
aculeatum. Nob.” This latter name is reduced by ackson 
Crypsis aculeata, of which the anonymous author says, tat nspetto,” 
He w rites :-—* Questo nuovo genere cosi nominato ae Farhi in 
memoria del suo diletto amico e concittadino Guiseppe celebre 
Muscologo.” Possibly a biography of Raddi might ‘hes some light 
upon the writer of the Flora Corcirese, but of him, as of Pieri, I can 
James Britten. 
THREE NEW AFRICAN GRASSES. 
By Aurrep B. Renpzz, M.A., F.L.S. 
Andropogon Afzelianus Rendle, sp. n. Culmo tereti, oa 
flee: vaginis anise yan: ligula breviter truncata, glabra 
laminis quam yvaginis 3-4-plo longioribus, linearibus, sensim an- 
gustatis, suberectis, pubescentibus, planis, costa media notatis; 
panicula foliosa, angusta, laxa, ramis solitariis tenaas, ramulis 
2-3-nis, filiformibus; racemis pedicellatis apice 
solitariis, spathas lanceolatas equantibus, te “sessilibus binis, 
%, anguste lanceolatis, internodo vix bilineo separa is ; a 
7-nervia, sub apice sparse pubescente, callo pilis longis induto; 
Ii’ parum longiore, supra carinata, sub apice angustata et in 
aristam tenuem subito elongata; ILl'* 0; IV* ‘sepia hyalina, 
ab apice profunde bifida aristam robusiam infra m um genicu- 
latam emittente ; palea hyalina ; spiculis ora a lanceolatis, 
gl. I™ acuta, 7-nervia, 11% simili sed 3-ne 
A somewhat robust plant with a stem a afoot long. The 
