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Microlosna avenacea. Hook. f. Abundaiit in forests, ascending to 



2,500 ft. 

 Hierochloe redolens, R. Br. Not uncomnioa on the pakihis. 

 ,, fraseri. Hook. f. Common in subalpine regions. 



Echinopogon ovatus, Beauv. Not imcoramon. 

 Sporoholus indicus, R. Br. Patches often met with on pakihis. 

 Agrostis mudleri, Benth. Abundant in mountains from 2,000- 

 4,000 ft. 

 ,, fZ^m, Petrie. Mount , Glasgow ; altitude, 4,000 ft. 

 ., parviflora, R. Br. Near summit of Mount Rochfort, 

 3,000 ft. 

 Deyeuxia forsteri, var. lyalli. Cape Foulwind ; abundant. 

 ,, hillardier>, Kunth. Mokihinui Beach, Tauranga Bay. 

 ., setiiolia. Hook. Mount Rochfort : altitude, from 

 2,000-3,000 ft. 

 quadriseta, Benth. Not uncommon. 

 Dichelnchne crinita. Hook. f. Abundant on sandhills near coast. 

 ., sciurea, Hook. f. Four-mile Saddle, on road to 



Brighton. 

 Deschampsia ccespitosa, Beauv. Common around the Orowaiti 



district. 

 Trisetum antarcticiim, Trin. Boundary Peak ; from 3,000-4,000 ft. 

 Danthonia ctmninghamii, Hook, f . Buller Valley, Mokihinui ; 

 but not common in the vicinity of Wesbport or 

 in the lower Buller. 

 ,, raoulii, Steud. Abundant in the mountains at eleva- 



tion of from 3,000-5,000 ft. There is a good 

 deal of variation in the breadth of leaf in various 

 localities. 

 ., australis, Buch. A common grass on the Paparoas ; 



altitude, from 3,000-5,000 ft. 

 ,, semiannidaris, R. Br. Abundant throughout, especi- 



ally on pakihis. 

 Arundo conspicua, Forst. Commo): tliroughout, on sandhills, 



river-banks, and swamps. 

 Foa novce-zealandice, Hack. Mount Lyell, Mount Glasgow, at 

 an elevation of 4,000 ft. ; abundant. 

 ., anceps, Forst. Buller Valley and Fox's River. 

 ,, dipsacea, 'Peine. Boundary Peak ; from 3,000-4,000 ft. 

 ,, cheesemanii, Hack. Only gathered on two occasions, on 



pakihi south of Westport. 

 ,, ccBspitosa, var. australis, Benth. Not uncommon on the sea- 

 cliffs. 

 -,, colensoi, Hook. f. Paparoa Range ; altitude, from 4,000- 



5.000 ft. 

 ., colensoi, var. intermedia, Cheesem. Buller Vallev. 



