Order GRAMINEiE. 
Genus Kceleria. 
Sub-Order Avenace/e. 
Genus XVIII.—KCELERIA, Persoon. 
Spikelets 2—4-flowered, shortly pedicellate, shining. Panicle spike-like, densely cylindrical or in¬ 
terrupted. Empty glumes unequal or nearly equal. Flowering glumes bifid at the top, with a short 
straight, dorsal or nearly intermediate awn, or o, the lowest glume sessile, the upper on a short 
articulating rachis. Palea 2-nerved, bifid at tip, nearly as long as the glume. Scales 2. Stamens 3. 
Grain free. Distribution of Genus : TEMPERATE REGIONS OF THE NORTHERN 
HEMISPHERE, AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND. Etymology: Named in 
honor of Professor Koler, an early writer on grasses. 
1.—KCELERIA CRISTATA. 
CRESTED HAIR GRASS. 
{Plate XXXVII!) 
Kceleria cristata, Persoon. Hook, fib, FI. N.Z., I., 305. 
Kceleria cristata, Persoon. Hook, fib, Handb. N.Z. Flora, I., 334. 
A shining silvery-grey grass, found from sea-level to 4000 feet altitude. Flowers December—• 
February. Culms 1—3-feet high. Leaves short, flat or involute, pilose; ligule short, rounded at top. 
Panicle erect, 3—5-inches long, narrow, often interrupted or lobed below, branches very short. 
Spikelets crowded, erect, imbricated, white or purplish, 2—3-flowered, -J—J--inch long. Empty glumes 
unequal, 3-nerved. Flowering glumes glabrous, bifid and shortly awned at. top, 5-nerved, rachis pilose. 
Palea nearly as long as the glume, bifid at top, 2-nerved. Scales unequally 2-lobed. Distribution of 
Species: SAME AS THE GENUS. 
This is an abundant grass in the South Island, found chiefly on dry places. It possesses very little 
nourishment, and therefore cannot be recommended for cultivation. All kinds of stock are said to refuse 
