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Echinopogon ovatus (Forst. f.) Beau v. 

 Agrostis ovata Forst. f., Fl. An sir. Prodr. 8, 1786. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 196, 1875 {Cinna). 

 Habitat : Open spaces in forest, northern slopes Mount Lidgbird and 

 summit Mount Gower. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia. 



Calamagrostis avenacea (Gmel.) W. R. B. Oliver comb. nov. 

 Agrostis avenacea Gmel., Syst. i, 171. 

 Recorded : Bentham., Fl. Austr. vii, 579, 1878 (Deyeuxia Forsteri) ; 

 Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 259, 1896 (D. Forsteri). 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadeos, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia. 



Dichelachne crinita (L. f.) Hook. f. 



Anthoxanthum crinitum L. f., Suppl. 90, 1781. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix. 78, 1875 (Stipa mi- 

 crcmiha var. crinita) ; Hemsley Ann. Bot. x, 259, 1896. 

 Habitat : Open rocky ridge on Northern Hills. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia. 



Phragmites communis Trin. 



Phragmites communis Trin., Fund. Agrost. 134, 1820. 



Recorded : Bentham., Fl. Austr. vii, 636, 1878 ; Hemslev, Ann. Bot. x, 

 258, 1896. 



Habitat : Tall rush meadow, gap in Northern Hills. 



Distribution : Tasmania, Australia ; cosmopolitan in tropical and 

 temperate regions. 



Poa caespitosa Spreng. 



Poa caespitosa Spreng., Mant. i, Fl. Hal. 33, 1807. 



Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 ; Hemsley, 

 Ann. Bot. x, 259, 1896. 



Habitat : Abundant on the lower levels as undergrowth in forest, on 

 rocky exposed ridge on Northern Hills, in Scirpus meadow and sand-flat. 



Distribution : New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia. 



Agropyron scabrum (Lab.) Beauv. 

 Festuca scabra Lab., Nov. Holl. PI. Sp. i, 22, 1806. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ix, 78, 1875 (Festuca Bil- 

 lardieri) ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 259, 1896. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Zealand, Tasmania, 

 Australia. 



Mariscus haematodes (Endl.) Laing. 



Cyperus haematodes Endl., Prodr. Fl. XorJ. 22, 1833. 



Recorded : F. Muell, Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. viii, 269, 1874 (Cyperus 

 congestus) ; Bentham, Fl. Austr. vii, 285, 1878 (Cyperus) ; Hemsley, Ann. 

 Bot. x, 257, 1896 (Cyperus). 



Habitat : The dominant plant in the tussock-sedge formation in damp 

 places at the lower levels, Northern Hills and talus slope west base of Mount 

 Gower. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island. Related to M. ustulatus of New Zealand. 



