whether exotic or indigenous, as not only would increased profit accrue by the adoption of such a 
system, but the painful spectacle be avoided of well-bred sheep with no other shelter from the cold than 
a wire fence. Distribution in New Zealand : NORTH ISLAND: RUAHINE MOUNTAIN 
(3500 feet)—Colenso; TARARUA MOUTAIN (4000 feet)—Mitchell; MIDDLE ISLAND: 
AKAROA—Raoul; ALPS OF CANTERBURY—Sinclair and Haast; MILFORD SOUND— 
Lyall; OTAGO LAKE DISTRICT (2000 feet)—Hector and Buchanan. 
Reference to Plate XXX.: Fig. 1. Branch of a Panicle. 2. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4,4'. Nervation 
of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Nervation of Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Grain. 
