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Deschampsia tenella, Petrie, var. procera. 



This strongly marked variety differs from the type in the 

 larger size of all its parts. The culms are stouter ; the 

 panicle shorter, more effuse, and fewer-flowered ; and the 

 spikelets are twice the usual size. 



It was collected in open scrub and low bush near the head 

 ■of the Clinton Eiver, where the track to the Clinton Saddle 

 diverges from the valley. The station is about 1,800 ft. above 

 the sea. 



Glyceria novae-zealandiae, sp. nov. 



A tufted erect annual, 6 in. to 15 in. high, glabrous, and 

 almost white when dry. Leaves strict, with broad loose 

 striate sheaths and shorter involute striate blades, the top- 

 most one equalling the panicle, which is partly enclosed in its 

 sheath ; ligule scarious, as long as broad, lobed, the middle 

 lobe subacute. Panicle 3 in. to 6 in. long, contracted, the 

 branches short and clustered. Spikelets pedicelled, the 

 iippermost sessile, white and shining, J in. long, mostly 

 4-flowered. Empty glumes unequal or nearly equal, one- 

 half the length of the spikelet, glabrous ; the lower narrow, 

 acute, and 1-nerved ; the upper broader, almost oblong in 

 outline, obtuse or subacute or slightly lobed, 3-nerved ; the 

 middle nerve continued to the tip. Flowering-glumes stiff, 

 glabrous or finely downy on the back below, oblong-ovate, 

 suddenly contracted at the tip so as to leave a subacute 

 median projection, 5-nerved, the middle nerve continued to 

 the apex. Palea as long as the flowering-glume, stiff, bifid, 

 the nerves pilose or almost glabrous. 



Ilab. Wet littoral stations on the south coast of Otago. 



The present plant was distributed by the late Mr. T. Kirk, 

 F.L.S., as Poa ivalkeri, sp. nov. In some respects it ap- 

 proaches Poa, but I am of opinion that it cannot be properly 

 included in that genus. The spikelets differ widely from 

 those of the other indigenous species of Glyceria. 



