34 DICHLELACHNE SCIUREA. 



of Ne\v Zealand, grasses which under a more rigoroTis climate would die down 

 annually, possess a continuous growth during nearly the whole year, unless when, 

 owing to a dry season, they flower and seed early, and before forming new stoles 

 or branches at the roots, in which case they inevitably die out if not reproduced 

 by seed. This takes place frequently with perennial Bay grass ( Lolium jierrctic}, 

 when it is allowed to flower and seed the first year. DISTRIBUTION IN NEW 

 ZEALAND : NORTH ISLAND, BAY OF ISLANDS, and AUCKLAND 

 Cunningham, Colenso, Sinclair ; THAMES DISTRICT- Kirk ; TITIRANGI 

 Cheeseman ; KAWAU ISLAND and WELLINGTON Buchanan. 



Inference to Plate XYL : Fig. 1. Plant. 2. Spikelet, 3. Floret. 4. Ner- 

 vation of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. G. Nervation of 

 Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Ovary. 9. Grain. 



