superior adaptation to the climate of New Zealand to introduced grasses, as many of the latter when 
left to their own resources soon disappear, while the smaller species of Danthonia are increasing every 
season, and displacing the introduced grasses. They are certainly more permanent than many of the 
common exotics, such, for instance, as Lolium perrene , which often requires continued sowing to 
preserve it. In agriculture they also compare favourably with exotics as fodder plants if cut down at 
the proper time. Horses and cattle eat the succulent panicles of the tussac species, when in flower or 
seed, with apparent relish, and all kinds of stock feed greedily on the young growth after burning. 
Distribution in New Zealand : FROM SEA-LEVEL AT PUCKS BAY, AUCKLAND, TO 
SOUTHLAND—J. Buchanan; STEWART ISLAND—W. Petrie. 
Reference to Plate XXIX. : Fig. i. Branch of a Panicle. 2. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4, Nerva¬ 
tion of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Nervation of Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Ovary, 
styles, and stigmas. 9. Grain. 
