362 Transactions. — Botany. 



of Danthonia crassiuscula, T. Kirk, as well. Source of Nigger 

 Creek, in tiie Qandlestick Mountains, northern Canterbury,°at 

 an altitude of about 1000 m. 



Danthonia oreophila, Petrie. 



Subalpine meadow, at source of Nigger Creek. 



Poa pusilla, Berggren. 



(1.) On rocky ground, Dog Island, Foveaux Strait. 

 (2.) Common near the new road at base of Bluff Hill, 

 Foveaux Strait. 



Poa dipsacea, Petrie. "A small form." — D. P. 

 Head of Nigger Creek, in subalpine meadow. 



Deschampsia novae-zelandiae, Petrie. " A very slender form " 



— D. P. 



Growing in ground where water frequently lies for a 

 considerable time, on terrace of Eiver Poulter, near base of 

 Peveril Peak. 



Agropyrum enysii, T. Kirk. 



Spur of Candlestick Eange, near Lochinvar, northern 

 Canterbury. 



Cyperace^. 

 Uncinia filiformis, Boott. 



(1.) (Herb. L. Cockayne, No. 7804) : This form, according 

 to Kiikenthal, is typical. Growing in interior of Nothofagtis 

 cliffortioides forest at the base of the Black Eange, subalpine 

 region near source of Eiver Waimakariri. (2.) (Herb. L. 

 Cockayne, No. 7864) : In Dacrydium-Nothofagus forest, almost 

 at sea-level, Pickersgill Harbour, Dusky Sound, west coast of 

 Otago. 



Uncinia riparia, E. Br., var. laxiflora (Petrie), Kuk. 



Open ground near tableland forest and also within the 

 forest, Chatham Island. This plant is probably the U. rupes- 

 tris, Eaoul, of Buchanan's list, ;: and it is the plant mentioned 

 in my paper on the vegetation of Chatham Island.! 



Uncinia caespitosa, Col. 



(Herb. L. Cockayne, No. 7868) : Chatham Island. The 

 precise station is uncertain, but most likely it is interior of 

 lowdand forest. 



Carex wakatipu, Petrie. 



(1.) East face of Mount Torlesse, Canterbury ; altitude, 

 1,500 m. (2.) Near summit of Mount Fyffe, Seaward Kai- 

 koura Mountains, Marlborough. 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. vii., 1875. 



f Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxxiv., 1902, pp. 310-12, 313. 



