APPENDIX. 1055 
Vallisneria spiralis Linn. Sp. Plant. 1015; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi, 259. North Island : 
Abundantly naturalized in Lake Takapuna, near Auckland. South Island: Avon 
River, near Christchurch, 4. M. Johnson. See Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix, 386. (Most 
tropical countries. ) 
Ottelia ovalifolia L. Rich. in Mem. Hist. Soc. Par. (1811) 78; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi, 207. 
North Island. First noticed by the author in 1897 in ponds near the Manukau 
Harbour, now (1923) abundant in lakes and rivers from Mangonui and Kaitaia 
southwards to the Waikato and Thames Rivers. Quite lately it has appeared at 
Hawera (G. M. Thomson), near Marton (W. Townson /), and Feilding (H. H. Allan !). 
(Australia. ) 
(GRAMINEAE. 
Andropogon annulatus Forsk. Fl. Egypt. Arab. 173 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 531. North 
Island: Waste places at Mangonui, 7’. F. C. (Tropical Asia and Africa; Aus- 
tralia.) 
Themeda Forskaliti Hack. in Pflanzenf. ii, 2 (1887) 126; Anthistiria imberbis Retz. Obser. 
iii, 11; <A. ciliata Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 542 (not of Linn. f.). Aangaroo-grass. 
North Island: Fields and waste places, rare. Whangaparaoa, near Auckland ; 
vicinity of Wellington, 7. Kirk! (Tropical Asia; tropical and South Africa ; 
Australia. ) 
Paspalum dilatatum Poir. Encycl. v, 35. Now widely sown as a pasture grass, and 
increasing rapidly. North and South Islands: Common in pastures and by road- 
sides from the North Cape to South Canterbury. (South America.) 
Panicum sanguinale Linn. Sp. Plant. 57; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 469. Crab-grass. 
North and South Islands: Waste places and cultivated grounds, a common weed. 
(Most warm countries. ) 
Panicum glabrum Gaud. Agrost. i, 22; Hook. f. Student’s FL 469. North Island: An 
occasional weed in cultivated ground, but not nearly as common as the preceding. 
(Most warm countries.) 
Panicum Crus-galli Linn. Sp. Plant. 56; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 469. Cockspur-grass. 
North and South Islands: Waste places as far south as Canterbury, not uncommon. 
(Most warm countries.) 
Panicum colonum Linn. Syst. ed. x, 870; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 478. North Island : 
Waste places from Auckland to Wellington, rare. (Most warm countries.) 
Panicum Lindheimeri Nash in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club (1897) 196. North Island : 
Vicinity of Kaitaia, not common, but spreading, H. B. Matthews ! (North America, 
from Maine to Florida, and westwards to California.) 
Setaria glauca Beauv. Agrost. 51; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 492. North and South 
Islands: Waste places and cultivated fields, not uncommon. (Most warm and 
many temperate countries. ) 
Setaria verticillata Beauv. Agrost. 51; Benth. FJ. Austral. vii, 494. North and South 
Islands: Waste places at Napier, Colenso / Nelson, Rk. J. Kingsley! (A common 
weed in many warm and temperate countries.) 
Setaria viridis Beauv. Agrost. 51; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 494. North Island: Waste 
places and cultivated fields, not uncommon. (Most warm climates.) 
Stenotaphrum glabrum Trin. Fund. Agrost. 176; S. americanum Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. 
Monac. 98. Buffalo-grass. A common escape from cultivation, especially near the 
sea. (Tropics of both hemispheres.) 
Zizania aquatica Linn. Sp. Plant. 991; Asa Gray Man. 540. Canadian Wild Rice. North 
Island: Copiously naturalized by the Northern Wairoa River, between ‘Te Kopuru 
and Dargaville, and increasing fast. (North America ; Nortlt-eastern Asia.) 
Phalaris canariensis Linn. Sp. Plant. 54; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 471. Canary-grass. 
North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, abundant. (South Europe ; 
North Africa.) , 
Phalaris arundinacea Linn. Sp. Plant. 55; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 472. Reed-grass. 
North Island : By the Waikato River, near Mercer, 7’. I’. C. ; vicinity of Wellington, 
T. Kirk. (Europe; North and West Asia to India.) 
Anthoxanthum odoratum Linn. Sp. Plant. 28; Hook. f. Student’s Wl. 472. Sweet Vernal- 
grass. North and South Islands, Stewart Island: Meadows and pastures, common 
throughout. (Europe; North Asia.) . 
Stipa verticillata Nees in Spreng. Syst. iv, Cur. Post. 30. North and South Islands : 
Not common. Wellington, 7. Kirk / near Nelson, W. 7. L. Travers. (Australia.) 
Phleum pratense Linn. Sp. Plant. 59; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 457. Tamothy. North and 
South Islands: Abundant. (Europe; North and West Asia; North Africa.) 
Alopecurus pratensis Linn. Sp. Plant. 60; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 474. Meadow-foxtail. 
North and South Islands: Meadows and pastures, not uncommon. (Kurope ; 
North Asia.) 
