104 GLOCERIA STRICTA. 



that in many places they prevent it from flowering, so that it is often overlooked 

 by collectors. It is, no doubt, a grass of much value, but is not worth the trouble 

 of cultivation, more especially as a superior introduced species of the same genus, 

 Glyceria fluitans, is spreading abundantly in swampy places, and can easily be 

 propagated by inoculation. DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALAND : NORTH ISLAND : 

 HICK'S BAY, AUCKLAND; EVANS' BAY, WELLINGTON Buchanan ; 

 TITIEANGI, AUCKLAND Cheeseman ; AUCKLAND ISTHMUS and WAI- 

 HEKI ISLAND Kirk ; EAST COAST Colenso. SOUTH ISLAND : CAN- 

 TERBURY Armstrong ; AKAROA, RAOUL, MILFORD SOUND Enys ; 

 DUNEDTN and CLUTHA Buchanan. 



Reference to Plate XLL, A: Fig. 1. Plant. 2. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4,4'. 

 Nervation of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Nervation of 

 Palea. 7. Scale. 8, 8'. Grain, front and side views. 



