978 Transactions.— Botany. 
Cynosurus cristatus, L. More generally naturalized in the Wellington district 
than any other. 
Triticum sativum, L. 
Lolium perenne, L. 
italicum, A. Braun. 
temulentum, L. 
B. arvense. East Coast and Wairarapa. 
* Lepturus, sp. Common on shingly beaches from Cape Palliser to Lowry 
Bay, and from Cape Terawiti to Miramar 
Hordeum vulgare, L. 
murinum, L. Common near the sea ; rare inland. 
Anthistiria australis Br. Lower Rangitikei ; Mount Victoria. 
Nore.—Streptachne ramosissima, Trin., discovered by Mr. Travers in the 
South Island, oceurs in a naturalized condition at Miramar. 
Panicum imbecille, Trin., occurs in an indigenous condition in the 
northern part of this island, and has become naturalized in the 
botanic gardens, 
Arr. LII.—On the New Zealand Species of Phyllocladus. 
By T. Kies, F.L.8 
(Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 17th November, 1877 S 
Wirn the exception of the kauri the celery-leaved pines are the most 
attractive members of our indigenous conifere ; their striking appearance 
at once arrests the attention of the planter, while the singular structure of 
their foliaceous appendages gives them special interest in the eyes of the 
botanist. Only five species are known, three of which are found in New 
Zealand, in many localities forming a marked feature in the vegetation. Of 
the remaining species one is confined to the lofty mountains of Borneo, 
another which is closely allied to, if not identical with, the New Zealand P. 
alpina, is found in Tasmania, and, I believe, also in New Caledonia. 
The species vary from dwarf alpine shrubs as P. alpina to handsome 
trees as P. trichomanoides, seventy feet in height, with a trunk from two to 
three feet in diameter, and affording timber of great strength and durability. 
All the species have the branches more or less arranged in whorls. P. 
glauca is invariably diœcious, P. trichomanoides invariably monecious, P. 
alpina must be considered monecious also, but there is reason to believe 
that this species shows a eee to assume a dicecious character; this, 
however, has not been proved, 
