bristles, which will be found, on examination of fresh specimens, to be narrow, i-nerved, rigid glumes, 
having an upper and lower relative position. The peculiar gluten mass crowning the ovary, so 
characteristic in Triticum , is also present, showing a close alliance to that genus. The value of this 
grass in pasture must, from its rarity and straggling habit, be of little value, as it never forms a close 
sward, and it is also doubtful if it could be improved by cultivation. Distribution in New 
Zealand: NORTH ISLAND: WOODS AT PATEA AND TARAWERA — Colenso; 
AUCKLAND—Kirk. MIDDLE ISLAND: NELSON—H. H. Travers; AKAROA, Raoul; 
OTAGO LAKE DISTRICT—Hector and Buchanan; EAST COAST, OTAGO—Buchanan. 
a 
Reference to Plate LVIII. : Fig. i. Plant, a. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4. Nervation of empty 
glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Nervation of Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Section of ovary. 
