This grass, which is only found near the sea or saline estuaries, is of little value as food for stock ; 
and, from its very rigid, non-succulent habit, is not likely to be improved by cultivation. It is only 
grazed by horses and cattle during its flowering and seeding season; and the hard wiry nature of its 
foliage renders it worthless, either in pasture or as fodder. It might, however, be utilized in the 
manufacture of paper, as it possesses a strong fibrous structure, and is apparently as well adapted for 
that purpose as the tussac Danthonias of the South Island, the latter, from experiments, having proved 
to be eminently suited for paper-making. Distribution in New Zealand : NORTH ISLAND : 
EAST COAST—Banks and Solander; BAY OF ISLANDS AND AUCKLAND—Sinclair; 
ISTHMUS OF AUCKLAND, THAMES, WAIKATO, GREAT BARRIER ISLAND— 
Kirk; TITIRANGI—Cheeseman ; KAWAU ISLAND—Buchanan. 
Reference to Plate XIV.: Fig. i. Plant. a. Spikelet. 3. Floret. 4,4. Nervation of empty 
* T'i 
glumes. 5. Nervation of flowering glume. 6. Palea. 7. Scale. 8. Ovary, scale, stamens, and 
feathery stigmas. 
