274 Transactions. 



Hah. — Cracks of rocks near Copeland Pass, Mount Cook, 7,000 ft. 



This very distinct species was forwarded to me by Mr. Peter Graham. 

 Chief Guide at the Mount Cook Hermitage. Its nearest ally is probably 

 V. Muelleri Buchanan, a species that is not well known. It is to be hoped 

 that its discoverer may soon be able to secure flowering specimens of this 

 interesting find. 



14. Danthonia oreophila Petrie var. elata var. nov. 



Planta typo permulto altior crassiorquc, valde densos caespites formans. 



Culmi 35-55 cm. alti, crassiusculi, subrubentes. 



Folia 20-30 cm. longa, vaginis latis coriaceisque. 



Paniculi rami longi ; spiculae rubello-flavidae, quam in typo majores. 



A much taller, stouter, and more tufted plant than the type. 

 Culms 35-55 cm. high, rather stout, reddish. 

 Leaves 25-30 cm. long, with broad coriaceous sheaths. 

 Panicle larger and with longer branches ; spikelets larger and reddish- 

 yellow while young. 



^a6.— Sealey Range, Tasman Valley ; abundant from 4,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. 



The typical form occurs in fair quantity on the same slopes. The red- 

 dish tint is very conspicuous, and is to some extent shared by the leaves. 

 Flowers late January and early February. 



15. Poa Cockayniana sp. nov. 



Species Poae dipsaceae (mihi) subsimilis ; folia angustiora, firmiora. 

 complicata ; paniculi rami rhachisque scabridi ; spiculae minores, magis 

 compressae, obovato-cuneatae ; glumae vacuae spiculas 2-3 florigeras paene 

 aequantes ; glumae fioriferae tenuiter scaberulae ; folia juniora supra 

 plerumque i pubescentia. 



Perennial, culms tufted, more or less branched at the base, rather stiff, 

 slender, erect, terete, smooth, glabrous, 35-50 cm. long, generally 2-3-noded. 

 the nodes narrow and the topmost a little more than half-way up the culm. 



Leaves 30-40 cm. long, shorter than the culms ; sheaths loose, thin, 

 complicate, strongly striate or fluted, forming about | the entire length of 

 the leaves ; blades rather stiff, complicate (rarely flattened), narrow, 

 gradually tapering to fine tips, glabrous or finely pubescent (when young), 

 delicately striate above and more strongly below ; midrib prominent ; 

 ligule a very short broad band more or less coarsely jagged. 



Panicle ovate, 10-15 cm. long, 6-7 cm. broad, few-flowered ; rhachis 

 and branches scabrid ; branches capillary, 2- rarely 3-nate, sparingly sub- 

 divided, the lower half naked, the upper with few rather distant pedicellate 

 spikelets. 



Spikelets 6 mm. long, compressed, narrow obovate-cuneate, 2-3-flowered : 

 empty glumes nearly equal, only a little shorter than the spikelets (the 

 upper glume almost equalling the flower it encloses), lanceolate, acute, 

 membranous, 3-nerved, the upper part of the keel ciliate-scabrid ; flower- 

 ing-glumes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse and irregularly erose (rarely subacute 

 and nearly entire), distinctly 5-nerved, the nerves vanishing below the top. 

 delicately scaberulous, membranous, scarious at the edges and tip and 

 with long cobwebby hairs at the base and reaching nearly half-way up the 

 back ; palea J shorter than the flowering-glume, nerves ciliate. 



