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Ucevechice Svasmari theo SMH 45 
-amrowonea (v.obil) A. dp, Rts. 2x Pearerld . a 
Hierochloe. GRAMINEAE, ) up 29), 147 
Last -£ . eet 
1. H. redolens.R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 209.—Culms tufted, leafy, decum- 
bent at the base, erect or ascending above, stout or rather slender, 
13-3 ft. high or even more. Leaves numerous, shorter than the culms 
oe almost equalling them, }-3in. broad, flat, deeply striate, smooth or 
minutely scaberulous, bright shining-green; sheaths long, compressed, 
deeply striate; lgules broad, scarious. Panicle pale yellowish-brown, 
shining, open or dense, inclined or nodding, very variable in size, usually 
from 4 to 12in. long, more rarely elongated and reaching 14 or 18 in. ; 
rhachis slender, glabrous; branches very slender, almost capillary, more 
or less hairy or almost glabrous, lower 2-3 in. long. Spikelets }in. long 
and broad, shortly pedicellate ; pedicels shorter than the spikelets, pilose. 
Glumes all thin and membranous; outer 2 equalling or sightly exceed- 
ing the 3rd and 4th, ovate, acuminate, with a stout continuous midrib 
and a short basal lateral vein on each side; 3rd and 4th each enclosing 
a male flower, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 5-nerved, pubescent, silky-ciliate on 
the margins and keel, with a short awn from the back a little below the 
tip; 5th smaller than the 4th, glabrous below, slightly hairy above, 
mucronate or very shortly awned. Palea linear-oblong, 1—2-nerved.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 92; Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 300; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 321; Fl. Tasm. ii (1860) 108; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 
558; Buch. N.Z. Grasses (1879) t. 6; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 855. PS ALE 
H. antarctica hk. Br. Prodr. (1810) 209. Holcus redolens Forst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) n. 563. Torresia redolens Roem. and Schult. Syst. 1 (1817) 516; 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1836) n. 269. 
NorTH AND SouTH ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS, CAMPBELL 
IstanD: Abundant in moist places throughout. Sea-level to 4000 ft. . 
Also in Fuegia, Tasmania, and Victoria. It varies much in size and degree of 
robustness, and appears to pass by easy gradations into the next species. 
( Fmeh £2) 
2. H. Fraseri 4Hook. f. Fl. Amntarct. 1 (1844) 93.—Smaller and more 
slender than H. redolens, with narrower leaves. Culms tufted, some- 
times densely so, slender, quite smooth and glabrous, 6-18 in. high, rarely 
more. Leaves much shorter than the culms, 3-9 in. long, strict, erect, 
flat, $-}in. broad, quite smooth; ligules broad, scarious. Panicle pale 
ry -brown, often tinged with purple, short, ovate, open, shining, 
= 4in. long ; branches often few, capillary, usually glabrous. Spikelets 
t fe long and broad, shortly pedicelled ; pedicels glabrous or more or less 
bearded. Glumes all thin and membranous; outer 2 usually slightly 
shorter than the 3rd and 4th, obtuse or subacute, 3-nerved but the lateral 
nerves often short; 3rd and 4th each enclosing a male flower, oblong, obtuse, 
5-nerved, pubescent, margins silky-ciliate for their whole length, awn short, 
straight, from the back a little below the tip; 5th smaller than the 4th, 
glabrous or nearly so at the base, pubescent or ciliate above, tip produc d 
into a short awn. Palea linear, 1—2-nerved.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 855; Ill. N.Z. Fl. u (1914) t. 220; H. redolens var. Fraseri Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii (1878) 559, H. borealis Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 300 ; 
Fl. Tasm. ii (1862) 108 (not of Roem. and Schult.); Buch. N.Z. Grasses 
SI ae eh mans 
Var. recurvata Hack. MS.—Awn of 4th glume inserted on the middle of the 
back of the glume, slightly geniculate above. Spikelets rather larger. 
Nortu anp Soutu Istanpns, Strwart IsLAnD :% Not uncommon in mountain 
districts from the East Cape, Mount Egmont, and the{Central Volcanic Plateau south- 
wards, Sea-level to 4500 ft. 
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