238 THE BOTANY OF THE SNARES. 
Hab. Carnley Harbour, Auckland Islands, 1000 ft., T. Kirk. 
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e erin mes in some instances are deeply ‘and evenly 
toothed, in others the teeth are ahaliser: or the margin is merely 
e wer flower is sessile within the outer glumes; the 
upper is carried on a short stipe, which is siemens silky. The 
grain is very large for the size of the flow 
Descuampsia Hooxerr mihi. — Ca hardstie’ antarctica Hook. f. Fl. 
Antare. i. 102, t. 56; FI. N. Z. i. . oem 4. Fl. 836; 
J. Buchanan, me Grasses of N. Z., Triodia, Benth. and 
Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 1176. 
Mr. N.E. Bice: having referred this plant to Deschampsia Pal., 
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the one which it bears as a Catabrosa having been appropriated to 
a Chilian species, Aira antarctica Hook. f.,which has been removed 
to Deschampsia by M. Desvaux. oe ee can be more appro- 
priate ttre that of its original diso 
Culms very slender, erect or Repti 3”-18” high. Leaves 
involute, narrow or a most filiform, longer or a than the 
very slender, 2”-8” long, contracted or effuse 
branches igittiry: often trichotomous ; spikelets few, pedicillate, 
glistening, 2-flowered; outer gls. unequal, obscurely 8-nerved 
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a. The larger outer glume equalling the lowest flower ; pedicel of 
r fl. glabrous or dies a Bau short hairs; awn present or 0; 
. The larger outer picis half the length of the lowest flower ; 
pedicel of epper flower ee ; awn usually, present; rachilla silky. 
Hab. Central mountain range of the north and south islands. 
Antipodes Teland. Auckland Islands. Campbell Island. Sea 
1 to 5000 Also in Chili. 
is plant affords an instance of the recoee | attending the 
—— of the see era of Grasses, on account of the _ distinctive 
ate may well be 
original placed by 
