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Arundo conspicua Forst. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common in gullies with flax. 



Poa caespitosa, Forst. f. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 



The chief tussock of the hillside, but slowly disappearing owing to 

 fires and cultivation. 



Foa Colensoi Hook. f. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Commoner towards the hilltops, and apparently a disappearing 

 species. 



Poa imbecilla Forst. f. var. Matthewsii Hack. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 Common in damper and shadier ground near the hilltops. 



J. B. A. includes also {'~)P. breviglumis, {'^)P. foliosa, {-)P. anceps, 

 (-)P. Lindsayi, and (^)P. scoparia. Two of these are plants of the sub- 

 antarctic islands. 



Atropis stricta Hack. var. suborbicularis Hack. 



Salt meadows, Teddington (det. Petrie). Apparently not hitherto 

 recorded. 



Festuca novae-zealandiaeCock-Ayne. [J. B. A. ; L C] 

 Not uncommon in the tussock pastures. 



°Festuca multinodis Petrie. 



Lyttelton Hills : Cockayne. 



*Fes(uca littomlis Labill. f J. B. A.] 

 Peninsula, near shore. 



Agropyron scabrum Beav. var. [L. C] 



Lyttelton Hills ; not common. Island Bay : R. M. L. A migrant 

 tussock. 



*Af/ropyfon midtlflorum. T. Kirk. 



Akaroa : T. Kirk. (Specimen in the Canterbury Museum.) 



*°A.sperella gracilis T. Kirk. [J. B. A.] 

 Akaroa : Raoul. 



Family Cyperaceae. 



The following species, recorded only by J. B. A., should, I think, 

 be struck oft' the list: {^)Cyperus teneUns, {'■^)Schoenus tenax, (^)S. pauci- 

 jiorus, {^)S. axillaris. 



*Manscus ustulatus C. B. Clarke. [J. B. A.] 



Peraki : L. C. Near Long Lookout, Island Bay : R. M. L. 



Eleocharis acuta R. Br. [J. B. A.] 



In damp places, Cashmere Hills : R. M. L. ; A. W. 



(^)Eleocharis Cunninghamii Boeck. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



Lyttelton Hills : L. C. (Possibly in error for the preceding .species, 

 though A. W. has found it in Hagley Park.) 



('^)E. sphacelata is also recorded by J. B. A. 



Scirpus inundatus Poir. [J. B. A.] 



Damp spots on Lyttelton Hills : A. W. Doubtless also on Banks 

 Peninsula. 



*'^ Scirpus antarcticus Linn. 



Mount Herbert : A. Wall. 



