106 CATABROSA ANTARCTICA. 



feet altitude. Nothing is known of its value as a pasture grass, being confined in 

 its distribution to little frequented localities. The representative of this genus in 

 Britain, Catabrosa aquatica, is considered valuable, although not a grass of culti- 

 vation. It is aquatic in its habits, and much relished by cattle and water fowl, 

 being sweet and succulent. The present species may also prove worthy of atten- 

 tion, being succulent, and having a close habit of growth. DISTRIBUTION IN NEW 

 ZEALAND: NORTH ISLAND: RUAHINE MOUNTAINS -Colenso ; TARA- 

 RUA MOUNTAIN H. H. Travers. SOUTH ISLAND : MOUNT ARTHUR 

 Mackay. 



Ref erence to Plate XLI., B: 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. 





