it, but probably this opinion is based on the experience of rich British pastures, and it may still have 
some value in places subject to severe drought during exceptionally dry seasons, for, however poor the 
nutrient qualities of certain grasses may be, they enable the stockowner to preserve his. stock till 
better pasture is more abundant. Distribution in New Zealand : SOUTH ISLAND: 
AGLIONBY PLAINS—Munro; CANTERBURY PLAINS AND ACHERON VALLEY 
(4000 feet)—Travers, Armstrong; SOUTHERN ALPS—Sinclair and Haast; NELSON MOUN¬ 
TAINS—H. H. Travers; OTAGO LAKE DISTRICT—Hector and Buchanan; OTAGO AND 
SOUTHLAND (abundant)—Buchanan. 
Reference to Plate XXXVIII. : Fig. 1, i'. Large and small size of plant. 1. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 
4, 4'. Nervation of empty glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Nervation of Palea. 
7. Scale. 
