1056 APPENDIX, 
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson FI. Angl. 23; Bab. Brit. Bot. ed. x, 487; A. agrestis 
Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. ii, 89. Slender Foatail. North and South Islands: Fields and 
roadsides, not uncommon. (Hurope; North and West Asia.) 
Polypogon monspeliensis Dest. Fl. Atlant. i, 66; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 478. Beard- 
grass. Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands: Damp places by roadsides 
and in waste places, abundant. (South Europe; West Asia to India and China; 
North and South Africa.) 
Polypogon fugaz Nees in Steud. Syn. Plant. Gram. 184; Benth. Fl. Austral. 547. North 
and South Islands: Ditches and salt marshes, not uncommon. (Tropical Asia ; 
Australia. ) 
Agrostis vulgaris With. Brit. Fl. ed. iii, 2, 132; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 477. Red-top. 
North and South Islands: Pastures and waste places, plentiful. (Europe; North 
Asia; North America.) 
Agrostis alba Linn. Sp. Plant. 63; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 477. Fiorin. North and 
South Islands, Stewart Island: Pastures and waste places, abundant. (Europe ; 
North Asia; North America.) 
Gastridium australe Beauv. Agrost. 21; G. ventricosum Schinz and Thellung. Nit-grass. 
North Island: Roadsides and waste places, not uncommon. (Europe; West Asia; 
North Africa.) 
Ammophila arundinacea Host Gram. Austr. iv, 24, t. 41; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 481. 
Marram-grass. North and South Islands: Frequently planted for binding the 
surface of sand-dunes, and increasing in many localities. (Sandy shores of Kurope ; 
North Africa.) 
Apera Spica-venti Beauv. Agrost. 31; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 480. North and South 
Islands: Vicinity of Auckland, 7. F. C.; interior of Otago, Petrie / (Europe ; 
North Asia; North Africa.) 
Lagurus ovatus Linn. Sp. Plant. 81; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 481; Harestail-grass. 
North and South Islands: Sandy places, often near the sea. (South Europe ; 
West Asia; North Africa.) 
Holcus lanatus Linn. Sp. Plant. 1048; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 484. Yorkshire Fog; 
Soft-grass. North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands, Auckland 
Islands: Abundant throughout. (Europe; North Asia; North Africa. ) 
Holcus mollis Linn, Syst. ed. x, 1305; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 484. North and South 
Islands: Noted in several localities, but not common. (Europe; North Asia; 
North Africa.) 
Aira caryophyllea Linn. Sp. Plant. 66; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 482. Hawr-grass. North 
and South Islands: Meadows and roadsides, abundant. (Europe; North Asia; 
North Africa.) 
Aira praecow Linn. Sp. Plant. 65: Hook. f. Student’s Fi. 482. Hatr-grass. North and 
South Islands: Not uncommon. (Kurope; West Asia.) 
Deschampsia flexuosa Trin. in Bull. Se. Acad. Petersburg, i (1836) 66; Hook. f. Student's 
Fl. 483. North and South Islands, Stewart Island - Heathy places, local, 
(Kurope; North and West Asia; North America: Fuegia. ) 
Avena sativa Linn. Sp. Plant. 79. Common Oat. North and South Islands: An abundant 
escape from cultivation. (Native country uncertain ; probably a form of the 
following species. ) 
Avena fatua Linn. Sp. Plant. 80; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 484. Wold Oat. North and 
South Islands: Waste places and cultivated fields, abundant. (Kurope; North 
Asia to the Himalayas; North Africa.) | 
Avena strigosa Schreb. Spic. 52; Hook. f. Student’s FI. 485. Hairy Oat. North and 
South Islands: Cultivated fields, not common. (Europe; North and West Asia.) 
Avena pubescens Huds. FI. Angi. 42; Hock. f. Student’s Fl. 485. Downy Oat. South 
foes : Cultivated fields in Canterbury and Otago, not common. (Kurope; North 
Asia.) 
Trisetum flavescens Beauv. Agrost. 88; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 484. Yellow Out-grass. 
North and South Islands : Vicinity of Auckland, 7’. F. C. ; Otago, Petrie! (Europe ; 
North Asia to the Himalayas; North Africa.) 
1 Arrhenatherum avenaceum Beauv. Agrost. 55, t. 11, f. 5: Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 485. 
False Oat-grass. North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, not common. 
_ (urope; North Asia; North Africa.) 
Spartina Townsendii H. and J. Groves in Bot. Exch. Club Rep. (1880) 37; Bab. Brit. 
Bot. 483. North Island: Planted on mud-flats near Foxton, and increasing. 
( Britain.) 
Cynodon Dactylon Pers. Syn. Pl. i, 85; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 486. Doab-grass. North 
and South Islands: Abundant to the north of Cook Strait; less plentiful south- 
wards. (All warm climates and many temperate ones.) 
