l6o FESTUCA DURIUSCULA. 



fine and succulent, and withstands the effects of severe dry weather in rich 

 natural pastures, better than many other grasses. " The proportional value in 

 which this grass, at the time flowering, exceeds that at the time the seed is ripe, 

 is as 7 to 3. DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALAND : COMMON IN BOTH ISLANDS, 

 FROM 14000 FEET ALTITUDE. 



Reference to plate LV., B. : Fig. 1. Plant. 2. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 

 4, 4'. Nervation of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Nerva- 

 tion of Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Scale of sub-alpine form. 9. Section of ovary, 

 showing glutinous patch on top. 



