Gramina.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 481 



vaginae apicem attenuatae, complicatae, subteretes, setaceae, longitudine vaginam 

 raro superantes ; ligula oblonga, subconica, membranacea, irregulariter truncata 

 V. subacuta. 



Panicula tenuis, contracta, 5-8 cm. longa, siimmo folio paullo brevior. Pani- 

 culae rami inaequales, bini v. trini in fasciculis distantibus dispositi, stricti, simplices 

 V. parce divisi. 



Spiculae 8 mm. longae, angustae, glabrae, pallide virides, 5-7 subdistantes 

 flores gerentes. 



Glumae vacuae inaequales, superior florem aequans, anguste lanceolatae, 

 acuminatae ; inferiore 1-, superiore 3-nervata, nervis obscuris. 



Glumae floriferae anguste lanceolatae, subacutae, demum delicatule mucronatae, 

 5-nervatae, nervo medio solo ad apicem continuato, leves, glabrae nisi quod nonnulli 

 subtilissimi pili imam partem vestiunt. 



P?Jea glumam floriferam aequans, membranacea, a lateribus valde incurvata, 

 2-nervata, nervis delicatule ciliatis et excurrentibus. 



Antipodes Island ; B. C. Aston ! 



The species is, so far as is known, endemic as above. 



Festuca ovina, Linr. 



Festuca ovina, Linn., Sp. Plant., 73. F. duriuscula, Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., 

 i, 309. 



Campbell Island ; B. C. Aston ! 



The species occurs in montane stations in the South Island of New Zealand, 

 and is common in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is most 

 likely native to the island, though it may quite possibly be introduced. 



Festuca rubra, Linn. 



Festuca rubra, Linn,, Sp. Plant., 74. F. duriuscula. Hook, f., Fl. Nov. Zel., 

 i, 309. 



Antipodes Island ; B. C. Aston ! 



The species has a wide range in altitude in the main islands of New Zealand. 

 It is widely spread in Europe and northern Asia. It may be truly native here, but 

 I consider it more likely to be introduced. 



I have omitted Deschampsia caespitosa, Beauv., there being no evidence that 

 it reaches these islands. Mr. Aston writes me, " I did not see anything like 

 Deschampsia caespitosa anywhere on the islands." 



I cannot guess what Agrostis aucklandica, Hook. f. (Fl. Antarct., i, 96), may be. 



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