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ing, branches distant, slender, 2-6 feet long. Leaves convolute, scabrid 
above and beneath, and with cutting edges. Spikelets not crowded, sessile or 
shortly pedicelled ; outer glumes coriaceous, ovate lanceolate, awned, shorter 
than the spikelet; upper glumes obtuse, with finely ciliated margins ; sta- 
mens 4, filaments elongating slightly after flowering. Nut ovoid, obscurely 
trigonous, deeply furrowed on one side, acute, orange-brown, shining, trans- 
versely furrowed within. 
Hab.: North Island; not unfrequent: Auckland, Wellington, etc. 
South Island: Westland, Buller Valley, ete. 
Allied to G. procera, Forst., but differs in the slender, drooping panicle, 
elongated branches, short lower glumes, obtuse upper glumes, shorter fila- 
ments, and nut. 
This species is the G. pauciflora of my list of Auckland plants,* and the 
G. procera of Mr. Buchanan’s list of Wellington plants. That species, 
however, is restricted to the South Island, and at present has not been 
found north of Hokitika. 
G. hectori 18 the most elegant of all the New Zealand species. 
* « Trans. N.Z. Inst.," Vol. IIL, p. 156. 1 ** Trans. N.Z. Inst.," Vol. VL, p. 225.. 
