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out as shelter, along with the main pasture composed of the most permanent species 

 of which seed can be procured, whether exotic or indigenous, as not only would 

 increased profit accrue by the adoption of such a system, but the painful 

 spectacle be avoided of well-bred sheep with no other shelter from the 

 cold than a wire fence. DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALANP. NORTH 

 ISLAND : RUAHINE MOUNTAIN, (3500 feet) Colenso ; TARARUA 

 MOUNTAIN, (4000 feet) Mitchell. MIDDLE ISLAND. AKAROA 

 Raoul ; ALPS OF CANTERBURY Sinclair and Haast ; MILFORD SOUND 

 Lyall ; OTAGO LAKE DISTRICT, (2000 feet) Hector and Buchanan. 



Reference to Plate XXX. : Fig. 1. Branch of a Panicle. 2. Spikelet. 

 3. Floret. 4, 4'. Nervation of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 

 6. Nervation of Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Grain. 



