308 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [Gramin ee. 
the form of the spikelets and florets, of which there are usually only two, but differs in the glumes being shorter 
than the florets, in the long pedicel of the second flower, and in the truncate jagged lower palea. It differs from Poa 
in the latter character and in the fewer florets.—(G/umes unequal, shorter than the florets. Florets two (rarely three 
or four), both hermaphrodite; lower sessile, upper with a long, slender stalk; the latter is sometimes continued as 
the pedicel of a third floret, which is rarely produced. Lower palea concave, broad, with a broad truncate jagged 
top; upper two-nerved. Stamens three. (Name from xaraBpwors, in allusion to the erose tops of the glumes.) 
1. Catabrosa Antarctica, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, culmis laxe ceespitosis gracilibus ramosis foliosis, foliis 
filiformibus involutis culmis longioribus, vaginis sulcatis, ligula elongata membranacea, panicula subcontracta 
laxa pauciflora ramis capillaribus 1-2-floris, spiculis parvis 2-floris nitidis pedicello flosculi tertii accedente, 
glumis insequalibus subacutis, palea inferiore subenervi basi parce barbata.— 77. Antaret. p. 102. t. 66. 
Has. Northern Island: summit of the Ruahine range, Colenso. 
A very delicate, slender Grass, a span to a foot high, first found on the mountains of Campbell’s Island.— Culms 
very slender, leafy, branched below. Sheaths deeply furrowed. Ligula long, slender, membranous; leaf longer than 
the culm, filiform. Panicle very slender, erect, contracted, few-flowered, 1-2 inches long, sparingly branched ; 
branches capillary, one- or two-flowered. Spikelets small, 4 inch long, flat, white and glistening. Glumes acute, 
unequal. florets two, each with a small tuft of loose hairs at the base; upper with a pedicel as long as itself. 
Lower palea concave, membranous, with a broad jagged top; nerves obscure. Anthers short and broad. Sguamule 
oblique. 
Gen. XXV. FESTUCA, Z. 
Spicule bi-multi-flore. Glume 2 (raro in $ Vulpia 1), carinatee, insequales, mutice. Palee 2: 
inferior ecarinata, apice acuta v. aristata; superior bicarinata,  Squamule 2, acute bifide. Stamina 1-3. 
Caryopsis glabra, libera, v. palese superiori adheerens.—Folia plana v. setacea ; spicule plerumque pedi- 
cellata, paniculate v. racemose ; rachilla articulata. 
A large genus of Grasses, almost confined to temperate and cold regions, forming extensive pasture-lands in 
the Alps of Europe and elsewhere.—Leaves flat or subulate. Spikelets pedicelled, panicled or racemose, rarely 
spiked ; florets often numerous, on a jointed partial rachis. Glumes two (sometimes one in $ Vulpia), keeled. 
Palee two; lower keeled, quite entire at the tip, acute, often with a terminal awn. Scales two, bifid, smooth. 
Stamens one to three. Styles terminal. Caryopsis free or adhering to the upper palea.—I know of no character but 
the acuminate and often awned palea to separate this genus from Poa. The entire tip of the lower palea distin- 
guishes it from Schedonorus. (Name, a Latin one of uncertain derivation.) 
1. Festuca scoparia, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, rigida, culmo folioso, foliis setaceo-involutis elongatis 
subfiliformibus ligula brevissima, panicula contracta v. effusa, spiculis majusculis latiusculis 4—7-floris, 
glumis subsqualibus flosculis brevioribus, palea inferiore scaberula acuminata basi longe barbata.— 77. 
Antarct. p. 98. 
Has. Middle Island: Port William, Lyall. 
A littoral Grass, originally found in Lord Auckland and Campbell’s Islands. —-Perfectly smooth, polished, rigid, 
densely tufted. Culms 1-3 feet high. Leaves involute, filiform or setaceous, as long as or shorter than the culm. 
Ligula very imperfect. Panicle 1-5 inches long, contracted or effuse. Spikelets few, four- to seven-flowered, 3-4 
lines long. florets spreading. Glumes acuminate, shorter than the florets. Lower palea acuminate, scabrid, 
bearded at the base.— This plant approaches very near small states of Schedonorus littoralis, but I find no trace of 
toothing at the top of the lower palea. 
2. Festuca foliosa, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, culmis cespitosis compressis foliosis (in exempl. Nov. 
Zeland.) brevibus, foliis subdistichis planis v. subinvolutis culmo brevioribus longioribusve, ligula mem- 
branacea triangulari, panicula nutante effusa multiflora, glumis 4-6-floris acuminatis flosculis approximatis 
