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Spsoie?, Faai.il y, &c. \ I Maori Name, English Name. Beyond New Zealand, or Endemic. Distribution. Within New Zealand. In Stewart Island. Remarks. I SPEKMOPEYTA— eontd. ( Jeamineae— contd. Port novae-zealandiae Hack. Astoni Petrie Large - flowered End. poa Seashore poa .. End. c. s. .. Subalpine meadow Ccastal cliffs Rare; only noted on Mount Anglem. S. Sub. Common. I am not at all sure that this is distinct from Poa litQvoea of the subantarctic islands. seticulmis Petrie — pusilla Berggr. End. .. Slender poa .. End. N. C. S. S. Open ground near sea. Open ground near sea Heath. Abundant on Dog Island. caespitosa Forst. f. Golensoi Hook, f. .. Common tussock- Aus. grass Blue tussock-grass End. N. C. S. Not very common. The type not north of the Waikato. Only on Thames mountains, in northern province of New Zealand. Not abundant in Stewart Island. N. C. S. Subalpine imbecilla Forst. f. .. Weak poa .. Aus.(?) .. N. C. S. Oh. S. Heath. Atropis novae-zealandiae, (Petrie) Hack. New Zealand End. atropis N. C. S. Ch. c. s. .. N. "C. S. Ker. N. C. 8. Salt meadow Dunes Occurs on ground subject to si covering of brackish water. Perhaps the name should be A. Walkeri (T. Kirk). Common. Festuca liUoralis Labill. Sandhill-fescue.. Aus. rubra L. .. Agropyron scabrum, (R. Br.) Beauv. Asprella gracilis (Hook, f.) T. Kirk Patiti Red-fescue .. Eur., N.Asia Blue-grass .. Aus. Slender glumeless End. grass Heath. Heath. Near bank of River Rakiahua, in shade. Also noted by Petrie (69, p. 332), but habitat not given. Cyperaceae. Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br. Paopao, kutakuta Tall spike-rush.. Aus. N. 0. S. Swamp Freshwater Valley and swamps to Mason Bay. acuta R. Br. Gunningharnii Boeck. Aus., Norf. Isld. Slender spike-rush End. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Swamp. Scirpus aucklandicus (Hook, f.) Boeck. fjliformis Savi Auckland Island Aus., Am-club-rush sterdam Isld. Nodding club-rush Cos. C. S. Sub. Swamp, wet ground. Salt meadow, subalpine Fairly common. antarcticns L. Antarctic club- Aus., S. rush Africa, St. Helena N. C. S. Ch. Sub. c. s. .. Salt meadow Bog. This is S. cernuus Vahl. inundatus (R. Br.) Poir. sulcatum Tliouars var. distigmalosa C. B. Clarke [ muscosnn T. Kirk .. Swamp club-rush Aus., S.A., Mai. Proliferous club- End. rush End. .. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Swamp. Swamp .. It is possible I may be mistaken in this identification, and possess no specimens, unfortunately ; but the name stands without query in my notes, and I have already published it as from Stewart Island (Cockayne, 24). " A minute species less than 1 in. in height, forming moss-like patches at the head of Paterson Inlet. Also on the Bluff Hill " (Kirk, 1885 (1), p. 224). This is not mentioned by Cheeseman in his Flora, and I know nothing of it.] End. 8. nodosiis (R. Br.) Rottb. Stiff club-rush .. S.A., Aus., S. Africa, Norf. Isld., L. Howe I., St. TTnlenn. S.A., Aus., S. Africa, Norf. Isld., L. Howe I., St. Helena, Amsterdam Isld. End. .. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Dune, salt meadow Common. frondosus Banks and Sol. Carpha alpina R. Br. Pingao Pingao St. Helena, Amsterdam Isld. Yellow sand-sedge End. Alpine carpha .. Aus., New Guinea Dune Common. Aus., New Guinea N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Sub. Bogs, subalpine meadow Very common at all altitudes. Only found on Thames mountains, in the Northern Province. Abundant on Mount Anglem and on open ground Port Pegasus. Schoenus pauciflorus Hook. f. False snow-grass End. End. .. C. S. .. Subalpins meadow, lowland bog Wet'ground axillaris Poir. Aus. Aus. N. C. S. Ch. 0. S. .. « »»7ens[(R. Br.) Poir. Aus. Aus. Heath.