44 AGROSTIS CANINA. 



bulk per acre ; and the nutrient matter contained, from 287 lb. to 930 Ib. ; therefore, 

 it may reasonably be supposed that the following analysis given of the grass now 

 under notice, Agrostis canina, by the same authority, would stand higher as 

 regards both bulk and nutrient matter, if grown under favourable circumstances 

 in the superior climate of New Zealand. The value as grown in England is as 

 follows : 5546 lb. per acre, and the nutrient matter 148 lb. ; the weight of nutrient 

 matter when the seed is ripe is superior to that when it is in flower, as 10 to 7. 

 DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALAND : NORTH ISLAND : MOUNTAINOUS 

 PARTS Colenso. SOUTH ISLAND ; NELSON H. H. Travers ; MILFORD 

 SOUND Lyall; ALPS OF CANTERBURY (2000 4000 feet altitude) Sinclair, 

 Haast, Armstrong; OTAGO LAKE DISTRICT (3000 feet altitude) Hector 

 and Buchanan ; SOUTHLAND (1000 feet) Buchanan. 



Reference to Plate XIX. : Fig. 1 . Plant. 2. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4. Ner- 

 vation of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Scale. 7. Ovary. 

 8. Grain enclosed in flowering glume. 





