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Species, Family, &e. Maori Name. English Name. Distribution. Remarks. NewSand Within New In stewar t SPERMOPHYTA— contd. PoTAMOGETONACEAE. Zostera nana Roth. Grass-wrack, e grass Cos. temp. Plentiful where sheltered and water shallow. Potamogeton polygonifolius Pourr. Grass-wrack, eelgrass Persicaria-leav pond-weed N. C. S. N. C. S. Sandy shores between high and low water-mark Slow - flow- ■ ing rivers. Persicaria-leaved pond-weed S.A., Aus., Europe, Asia, Af., N. Am. A us. Cheesemanii A. Benn. Manihi, rerewai Cheeseman's pond-weed Cheeseman's pond-weed N. C. S. Slow - flowing rivers ; wet bog Common. SOHEUZEEIACEAE. Triglochin striata Ruiz and Pav. var. filifolia Buchen. Three-ribbed ar-row-grass Three-ribbed ( row-grass Aus., S.A. N. C. S. Ch. Salt meadow Not common. Gramineae. Ehrharta 'Thornsoni Petrie .. Small bog-grass Small bog-gras End C. S. Sub.(?) Bogs ; subalpine meadow Very common. At present, so far as the New Zealand mainland is concerned, only recorded from Longwood Range (Southand) and coastal mountains of western Nelson, but it is almost certain to be found in the mountain region of south-west Otago. Microlaena stipoides R. Br. j Patiti & Meadow rice-grass Meadow rice-gr N. C. S. Banks near the sea. Bush lice-grass Aus., Norf. [sjdl' End. .. N. C. S. Sub.(?) N. C. S. Ch. Sub. G. S. .. Common. avenacea (Raoul) Hook. f. Hierochloe redolens (Forst. f.) I Karetu R. Br. Fraseri Hook, f. .. Bush fice-grasi Holy-grass Alpine holy-grc Forests .. Holy-grass Aus., S.A. Banks not far from sea Subalpino meadow Subalpine meadow Open ground (lowland) Dunes. Fairly common. Alpine holy-grass Aus. Common. Agrostis Dyeri Petrie New Zealand bentgrass Toothed bent-grass New Zealand bi crass End. c. s. .. Fairly common in places. (falamagrostis filiformis (Forst. f.) Cockayne Billardieri (R. Br.) Steud. setifolia (Hook, f.) .. Cockayne avenoides (Hook. f.) Cockayne quadriseM (R. Br.) Benth. Dichelachne crinita (Forst. f.) Hook. f. Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) Beauv. Ghapmanni, Petrie .. T 1 a ( I £ Sand bent-grass grass roothed bent-g: Sand bent-gra^ Bog bent-grat alpine bent-gr; Oatlike bei grass Spiked bent-gr Long-hairi plume-grass Tufted hair-grt Southern ha orr!l.KS Aus., Norf. Isld. Aus. N. C. 8. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. C. S. .. Bog bent-grass ; alpine bent-grass Oatlike bentgrass Spiked bent-grass End. .. N. C. 8. Subalpine meadow. Heath. End. .. Aus. N. C. S. Heath. Long-haired plume-grass Tufted hair-grass Aus., Norf. Isld. Cos. temp. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. S. Sub. Heath. Semi salt meadow Subalpine meadow. Heath, subalpine meadow Banks near si a. Not common. Southern hairgrass Shining oat-giass End. .. Trisetum antarcticum (Forst.f.) Trin. Danthonia Cunninghamii Hook. f. Raoulii Steud. grass Shining oat-gi; Tussock oat-gr Snow-grass, i + 11 OCrt/*!/ - End. N. C. S. Ch.Sub.(?) N. C. S. flavescens Hook, f. .. crassiuscula T. Kirk Tussock oat-grass Snow-grass, red tussock Broad-leaved tussock oat-grass Alpine oat-grass tussock Broad-leaved t sock oat-gra; Alpine oat-graf End. .. End. End. .. End. .. c. s. .. c. s. .. s. Ope i ground in valleys Subalpine meadow Subalpine meadow Subalpine meadow Forms meadows in a few places, but of no great extent. It is just possible I may in my notes have confused this with the next species. Common in places on Mount Anglem. Very common above the scrub-line on all the mountains visited. So far as known at present, confined to Stewart Island. pimgens* Cheesem... Bayonet-grass .. Bayonet-grass End. s. pilosa R. Br. Purple - awned oat-grass Purple - awn oat-grass Aus. N. C. S. Heath, boggy ground, banks. Bogs, heath on old dunes, open ground generally Wet ground, river-banks, heath Peaty ground near sea semiannularis R. Br. Common oat-grass Common oat-gi Aus. N. C. S. Ch. Common. Arundo conspicua Forst. f. .. Toetoe-kakaho I * New Zealand reed, erect - plumed tussock-grass Southern Islands poa New Zealand re prppt. - Tallinn End. n. as. Ch. Fairly common.' erect - plum Poa foliosa Hook. f. .. tussock-grasi Southern Islam poa End. S. Sub. Only on the " mutton-bird islands " and perhaps on certain headlands near the South Cape, but this may be a mistake. Solander Islands, Captain J. Bollons !