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rocks near Copeland Pass, Mount Cook, 7000 ft. 



This very distinct 



species was forwarded to me by Mr. Peter Graham, Chief Guide at 

 the Mount Cook Hermitage, Its nearest ally is probably V. Muelleri 

 Buchanan, a species that is not well known. It is to be hoped that 

 its discoverer may soon be able to secure flowering specimens of this 



interesting find. 



1040. Danthonia oreophila Petrie var. eiata D, Petrie, 1. c, p. 274. 

 Planta typo permulto altior crassiorque, valde densos caespites formans. 



Culmi 35—55 cm aiti, crassiusculi, subrubentes. 



Folia 20-^30 cm 



longa, vaginis latis coriaceisque. 



Paniculi rami longi; spiculae ru- 



bello-flavidae, quam in typo majores 



New Zealand, 



Sealey 

 The typical 



Range, Tasman Valley; abundant from 4000 ft. to 5000 ft. 

 form occurs in fair quantity on the same slopes. The reddish tint is 

 very conspicuous, and is to some extent shared by the leaves. Flowers 

 late January and early February. 



1041. Poa Cockayniana D. Petrie, 1. c, p. 274. 



Species Poae dip- 



saceae Petrie subsimilis; folia angustiora, firmiora, complicata; paniculi 

 rami rhachisque ,scabridi; spiculae minores, magis compressae, obovato- 

 cuneatae; glumae vacuae spiculas 2—3 florigeras paene aequantes; 

 glumae floriferae tenuiter scaberulae; folia juniora supra plerumque 



pubescentia. 

 land. — 



New Zealand. 



Banks of Rolleston River, West 



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The specimens, kindly sent me for identification were collected 

 by Dr. L. Cockayne, P.R. S,, P. L. S., late in the season, and are all 

 considerably past flower. He mentions that the grass has a somewhat 

 wide distribution in the higher valleys of the western side of the South 

 Island. 



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1042. Poa Guthrie-Smithiana D. Petrie, I c, p. 275. — Culmi dense 



caespitosi, infra serpentes v, prostrati, tenuissirai, plurinodosi, a nodis 

 ramos confertos ascendentes flaccidos intravaginales foliosos floriferosque 



15 — 30 cm longos edentes. 



Folia culmis paulo breviora, anguste 



linearia, complicata, levia, glabra, 12 — 20 cm longa; vaginae latae, 

 tenues, striatae; ligula brevis, acuta, lamina multo latior. — Panicula 

 perangusta, erecta, viridis, 5—10 cm longa; rami 3— 5 verticillati, erecti, 

 graciles, delicate scabridi, infra nudi, 3—5 spiculas pedicellatas gerentes. 

 Spiculae 6 mm longae. ovatae, 2— i florae. — Glumae vacuae in- 

 aequales, spicula parte tertia breviores. Gluma florifera lanceolata, 

 acuta, glabra, carinata, 3-nervata, nervo medio paulum excurrente, nervis 

 lateralibus supra evanidis. Palea gluma florigera paulo brevier, 2-ner- 

 vata; nervis delicate ciliatis, — Stamina palea circa partem tertiam 



Herekopere Island, off Stewart 

 Island. — The species is allied to Poa ramosissima Hook. f. both in the 

 habit of growth and in the form of the panicle. It appears to have 

 economic possibilities of some value, but at present these cannot be 



breviora. 



New Zealand, 



estimated 



1043. Corokia Cheesemanii Carse, 1. c, p. 27( 



Carse, Trans, N. Z. Inst., vol. 43, p. 201, 1911. 



Corokia pps. sp. nov. 

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