﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  21 
  

  

  31489 
  to 
  31509— 
  Continued. 
  

   31498— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Calamagrostis 
  youngii 
  was 
  first 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  hillsides 
  at 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  

   Waitaki 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Island 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  Buchanan 
  

   remarks 
  regarding 
  it: 
  "In 
  the 
  district 
  between 
  the 
  Clutha 
  and 
  Matamura 
  

   rivers, 
  Otaga, 
  this 
  grass 
  is 
  abundant 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  eaten 
  by 
  stock." 
  {Manual 
  of 
  

   Indigenous 
  Grasses 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  p. 
  61.) 
  

  

  31499. 
  Festtjca 
  ovina 
  L. 
  

  

  31500. 
  Festuca 
  rubra 
  L. 
  

  

  31501. 
  Savastana 
  fraseri 
  (Hook, 
  f.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Hierochloe 
  fraseri 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  1844-45, 
  Flora 
  Antarctica, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  93.) 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  

   Hierochloe 
  fraseri. 
  The 
  generic 
  name 
  Hierochloe 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  R. 
  Brown 
  

   (Prodromus, 
  p. 
  208) 
  in 
  1810, 
  with 
  one 
  species 
  H. 
  antarctica. 
  In 
  1789, 
  however, 
  

   Schrank 
  (Baiersche 
  Flora, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  pp. 
  100, 
  337) 
  had 
  established 
  the 
  genus 
  Savas- 
  

   tana, 
  with 
  one 
  species, 
  S. 
  hirta. 
  This 
  is 
  universally 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  congeneric 
  

   with 
  Hierochloe 
  antarctica 
  R. 
  Brown. 
  Savastana 
  being 
  the 
  older 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   genus, 
  our 
  species 
  is 
  placed 
  here 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  present 
  rules 
  of 
  botanical 
  

   nomenclature. 
  

  

  Savastana 
  fraseri 
  was 
  first 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  Tasmania, 
  

   and 
  also 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  districts 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  31502. 
  Koeleria 
  kurtzii 
  Hackel. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Abundant 
  throughout 
  the 
  South 
  Island 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  

   also 
  found 
  in 
  Argentina 
  in 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  31503. 
  Poa 
  australis 
  R. 
  Br. 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Poa 
  

   caespitosa, 
  which 
  was 
  first 
  used 
  by 
  Forster 
  (Prodromus, 
  p. 
  89) 
  in 
  1786, 
  but 
  was 
  

   not 
  described. 
  The 
  first 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  by 
  Sprengel 
  

   (Mantissa 
  Prima 
  Florae 
  Halensis, 
  p. 
  33) 
  in 
  1807, 
  who 
  published 
  the 
  name 
  Poa 
  

   caespitosa 
  and 
  referred 
  to 
  Forster 
  's 
  Prodromus. 
  However, 
  in 
  1804, 
  Poiret 
  

   (Encyclopedic 
  Methodique 
  Botanique, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  73) 
  had 
  published 
  the 
  name 
  

   Poa 
  caespitosa 
  for 
  a 
  grass 
  now 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  Poa 
  nemoralis 
  L. 
  This 
  invalidates 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  Poa 
  caespitosa 
  by 
  Sprengel 
  in 
  1807. 
  The 
  next 
  name 
  applied 
  

   to 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  Poa 
  australis, 
  published 
  in 
  1810 
  by 
  R. 
  Brown 
  (Prodromus, 
  p. 
  

   179), 
  the 
  name 
  here 
  used. 
  

  

  "The 
  most 
  abundant 
  grass 
  through 
  wide 
  districts 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Island, 
  also 
  

   plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  elevated 
  central 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Island. 
  Unfortunately 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  relished 
  by 
  stock 
  and 
  is 
  seldom 
  eaten, 
  save 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  better 
  

   food. 
  Also 
  in 
  Australia 
  and 
  Tasmania." 
  (Cheeseman, 
  Manual 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  Flora, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  908.) 
  

  

  31504. 
  Poa 
  colensoi 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  the 
  indigenous 
  pasture 
  grasses. 
  It 
  is 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  stock, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  specially 
  valuable 
  sheep 
  grass 
  in 
  mountain 
  

   districts." 
  (Cheeseman, 
  Manual 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Flora, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  909.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mountain 
  slopes 
  and 
  dry 
  elevated 
  plains 
  rising 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  31505. 
  Poa 
  kirkii 
  Buchanan. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  grass 
  for 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  stock 
  in 
  cool, 
  elevated 
  localities, 
  and 
  

   is 
  well 
  worth 
  cultivation." 
  (Cheeseman, 
  Manual 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Flora, 
  

   1906, 
  p. 
  910.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  variable 
  grass, 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  subalpine 
  plains 
  and 
  

   mountain 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

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