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*Festuca littoralis La bill. .. I Sand-fescue Aus. .. | N., C, S., Ch. 0 End. .. j Ch... .. 0 Sand - grass dune; Tussock-grass, tall, semi-sand-hollow sand-binder. Sand - grass dune; Grass, medium, creeping Originally probably common, but sand overlying rhizome now almost confined to ledges rock of rock covered with sand. Dune-hollow; semi- Crass, small, annual. stable dune Dune-holloW .. Tussock, tall .. .. Not on southern dunes Coxii (Petrie) Hack. Chatham Island fescue *Bromus arenarius LabilL j Seaside brome-grass Aus. .. N., C. .. 0 C'VPERACEAE. *Matiscus astvlatus (A. Rich.) ('. B. Clarke Toetoe - upoko - ta - ngata ; toetoe - whatumanu End. .. Ker., X., C, S. 0 Elaeocharis neo-zealandica C. B. Clarke *Scirpus filiforntis Savi... .... End. .. X., C. .. 0 Dune-hollow .. Rush-like, small, semi-sand-binder. Dune-hollow . . Rush-like, tufted, small. Nodding club-rush .. Cos. .. N., C, S., Ch.. 1 Sub. Aus., S.A., S. Ker., N., C, S.. I Africa, Lord Ch. Howe I., Amsterdam I., St. Helena End. .. N., C, S., Ch. 0 Aus., S.A., N. N., C. S., Ch. 0 America, S. Europe End. .. C. S. .. 2 * nodosus (R. Br.) Rottb. .. Stiff club-rush Sand - grasH dune; Tussock, rush-like, tali sand-hollow ; grass dune * frondosus Banks ft Sol. americaim* Pers. Pingao Three-square Sand-grass dune .. Sedge-like, sand-binder. Sand-hollow .. Rush-like, moderate, with creeping rhizome. *Sclioenut nitens Poir var. condnnus (Hook, f.) Cheesem. .. .. .. Sand-hollow .. Rush - like, small, with Common on Wellington and Cancreeping rhizome, semi- terburv dunes, sand-binder. Heath .. .. Rush-like, tufted. Grass dune ; sand- Grass-like, tall, with stolon/allow niferous rhizome. Sand-hollow .. Crass-like, medium tufted. Sand-hollow .. Grass-like, medium tussock. Sand-hollow .. Grass-like, sand-binder. Cladium Vauthiera C. B. Clarke.. *Carex ternaria Forst. f. Cutting-grass End. .. N., C, S. .. 1 End. .. N., C, S., Sub. 3 End. .. N., C, S. .. 3 End. .. Ker., N., C, S. 2 * ■ testacea Sol. ■ lucida Boott. .. .. Slender sedge \ Shining sedge * pumila Thunb. Dune-sedge . . . ______ . Aus., S.A., E. N., C, S., Ch. 0 Asia RBST1I.I.NAI EAE. *Leptocarpus simplex A. Rich. Oioi .. .. Yellow rush End. .. N., C., S., Ch. I Aus. .. N., C, S. .. 0 Sand-hollow .. Rush-like, tall, tussock .. Inland only at hot springs on volcanic plateau. JrjNC ACEAE. Juncus maritimus Lam. var. australiensis Buch. Sea-rush .. 1 Sand-hollow .. Rush, of tussock-form, tall Inland at certain places in hotsprings district. LlLIACEAE. *Cordyline australis (Forst. f.) Hook. f. Ti; tikauka .. Cabbage-tree ; palmlily Harakeke .. New Zealand flax .. End. .. N., C, S. .. 2 ... .... *Phormimn tenax Forst. Nor! L .. N.,G, S., Ch. 3 Shrub dune; grass Tuft-tree. dune Shrub dune; sand- [ris-like, very tall. hollow Sand-hollow .. | Iris-like, very tall .. Xot common on dunes. Cookianum Le Jolis Wharariki .. Hill-flax; mountainflax End. .. N., C, S. .. 3 IlUll.U'EAE. *Libertia ixioides Spreng. Turutu; maanga- Common libertia a-huripapa ; tukauki Sand-hollow .. Iris-like, medium, creeping beneath ground. End. .. N, C, S., Ch. 1 I I