164 TRITICUM MULTIFLORUM. 



cattle than sheep, as the stout culms and spikes ofl'er only a coarse herbage. As 

 a fodder grass, it would produce less bulk than its large size might suggest, as 

 the leaves are short and soft, and the greater part of its nutrient properties would 

 be found in the culms and spikes ; this is the case, however, more or less with 

 every grass, but the proportion of leaves to culms, in this case, is a minimum. 

 DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALAND : NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS, COM- 

 MON NEAR THE SEA AND ON INLAND HILLS. 



Reference to Plate LVI,, B. : Fig. 1. Plant. 2. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4, 4'. 

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

 Palea. 7, 7', 7". Varieties of scale. 9, 9, v 9". Grain, front, side view, and 

 section. 



