586 Transactions. — Botany. 



Agrostis tenella, Petrie. — Macrae's ; head of Lake Waka- 



tipu. 

 Agrostis dyeri, Petrie. — Mountains east of Hunter Kiver. 



Deyeuxia forsteri, Kunth. — Abundant in moist lowland 

 stations. Dunedin ; Maniototo Plain ; Waipori ; Lums- 

 den ; Lake Te Anau ; &c. 



Deyeuxia stricta, Colenso. — Shores of Lake Te x\nau. This 

 is most probably only a variety of the foregoing species, 

 growing in stations sodden with water. 



Deyeuxia pilosa, A. Rich. — Not rare in the mountain valleys- 



of the far W. Hunter River ; Matukituki Valley ; Clinton 



Valley. 

 Deyeuxia billardieri, Kunth. — Not uncommon on sandhills 



of E. and S. coasts. Shag Point; Otago Heads; Dunedin 



Beach ; Catlin's ; Stewart Island. 



Deyeuxia setifolia, Hook. f. — Rare and local on the central 

 mountains. Hector Mountains ; Old Man Range. At 

 3,500ft.-4,000ft. 



Deyeuxia avenoides, Hook. f. — Common on uplands and 

 lower mountain slopes throughout. Swampy Hill ; Wai- 

 pori ; Mount St. Bathan's ; Hunter River ; &c. Ascends 

 to 4,000ft. 



Deyeuxia quadriseta, Br. — Common in the district round 

 Dunedin ; more rare in C. and W. Lake Wakatipu ; 

 Dunedin. Almost confined to scrubby lands. 



Deyeuxia scabra, Benth.— Mount Pisa (3,500ft.) ; Swampy 

 Hill. Most likely introduced. 



Deyeuxia leptostachya, T. Kirk (MS.).— Catlin's; Stewart 

 Island. Perhaps a var. of D. billardieri, Kunth. 



Abundo conspicua, Porst. — Common in moist open lowland 



stations. 

 Danthonia cunninghamii, Hook. f. — Not rare on moist banks 



on E. and S. Dunedin; Waipori; Stewart Island. 



Danthonia raoulii, Steudel. — Most abundant on uplands and 

 lower hills throughout. Dunedin (100ft.) ; AVaipori ; Wai- 

 pahi ; Invercargill ; Blue Mountains ; Hector Mountains ; 

 &c. In the C. and N. this does not descend nearly so low 

 as it does in the E. and S. 



Danthonia flavescens, Hook. f. — Common on the mountains 

 of the far W., at 4,000ft. and upwards. Mountains east of 

 Lake Hawea and west of Lake Wanaka. Descends to 

 3,000ft. at Clinton Saddle. The eastern stations men- 

 tioned in Mr. Buchanan's work on the New Zealand 



