182 GRAMINEAE. | Priodia. 
Culms tufted, 2-6in. Panicle of 8-12 spikelets. Outer glumes 
lanceolate. Flowering glumes sparsely silky, 5-—7-nerved, 
minutely 3-toothed at the apex .. i ne én 
Culms tufted, 4-12in. Panicle of 6-16 spikelets. Outer glumes 
oblong-lanceolate. Flowering glumes silky at the base, and 
with two tufts on the margin on each side.. “lf ‘ 
Culms tufted, 2-4in. Panicle of 6-15 spikelets. Outer glumes 
broadly ovate. Flowering glumes glabrous, 9-nerved, ob- 
scurely 3-toothed or irregularly erose at the apex .. .. 4. 7. australis. 
Culms tufted, 24-5in. Panicle of 6-16 spikelets. Outer glumes 
oblong, obtuse. Flowering glumes glabrous, ovate, 5-nerved, 
minutely 3-toothed or irregularly erose at the tip .. .. &. TL. macquariensis. 
> alive wn aolow. Trans 73: 2S. 
1. T. exigua (7. Kirkdin Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 378.—Small, 
densely matted, forming a compact sward. Rhizomes long, creeping, 
branched. Culms erect from the rhizome, slender, wiry, glabrous, 14—4 in. 
high. Lower leaves reduced to sheathing scales; upper shorter than the 
culms, $-2 in. long, very narrow, convolute, filiform, rigid, erect or curved, 
acute or almost pungent at the tip, quite glabrous; sheaths closely 
appressed, pale, membranous, grooved ; ligules reduced to a line of short 
stiff hairs. Panicle frequently reduced to a single spikelet, sometimes 
2-3, rarely as many as 4-5; pedicels short, slender, minutely scaberulous. 
Spikelets about $in. long, ovoid-oblong, 2-4-flowered. Two outer glumes 
subequal, as long as the flowering glumes or very slightly shorter than 
them, concave, ovate, subacute, rigid, the lower one 5-nerved, the upper 
7-nerved. Flowering glumes broadly ovate, silky on the margins and 
back towards the base, minutely scaberulous above, 9-nerved, shortly 
3-toothed at the apex, the middle tooth mucroniform, not much longer 
than the lateral teeth. Palea broad, ciliate on the keels—Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 895. Danthonia pauciflora Buch. N.Z. Grasses (1879) 
t. 36B (not of R. Br.). 
South [sranp: Nelson—Clarence Valley, 7. F. C. Canterbury--Upper Wai- 
makariri and Broken River, J. D. Enys! T. Kirk! Cockayne! T. F. C.; Mount Peel, 
H. H, Alian! Otago—Not uncommon in the dry plains of the central and north- 
western portions of the district, Petrie / 900-3000 ft. 
A curious little species, with much of the habit of small states of Zoysia pungens. \ 
KD _ *& SSAA amet , , | 
YS a) pumila, ack. MSS.—Culms tufted, slender, glabrous, much 
branched at the base, 2-8in. high. Leaves shorter than the culms, very 
narrow, involute, filiform, strict, erect, 1-2 in. long; sheaths pale, mem- 
_branous, deeply grooved, glabrous or sparingly pilose with long soft hairs ; 
ligules reduced to a transverse ring of hairs. Panicle 4] in. long, strict, 
erect, much contracted, of 3-15 spikelets; branches very short, erect, 
pubescent. Spikelets 4+ in. long, lanceolate, 2-3-flowered. Two outer 
glumes exceeding the flowering glumes, subequal, lanceolate, acute or 
subacute, 3-5-nerved. Flowering glumes broadly ovate, sparsely silky- 
pilose on the margins and back, faintly 5-7-nerved, minutely 3-toothed 
at the apex, the central tooth mucroniform. Palea bifid at the tip, 
2-keeled, ciliolate on the keels—-Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. (1906) 896. Atropis 
pumila 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv (1882) 379. | 
SouTH Istanp: Canterbury—Upper Waimakariri and Broken River, Z. Kirk! 
ed. Ges Mount Peel, H. H. Alian! mountains near Lake Tekapo, T. F.C. Otago— 
Not uncommon In mountainous districts, Buchanan! Petrie! T. Kirk! B. C. Aston! 
Altitudinal range usually from 2000 to 5000 ft., but descending to sea-level in the south 
2. 1. pumila. 
3. T. Thomsoni. 
of Otago. : 
= Ake opm pmo se 
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