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innciliiginons tea is prepared, used in medicine. The grain is largely fed to 

 horses, both in tliis tonntry .md in Europe, hut the chief nso is for brewing beer. 

 "Brewers grains," a by-product, both wet and dry, are fed to cattle, chiefly iu 

 the vicinity of breweries. 



No. 127. Hydrocliloa carolinensis Beaux-. Floating-grass. 



A slender aquatic grass of the Gulf States, growing along muddy banks and In 

 shallow streams. The stems are often 2 feet or more in ItMigth, and in sliallow 

 water their summits apjiear above the surface, wliile in water of greater depth 



the uppermost loaves are 

 floating. The tender 

 stems and loaves are eat- 

 en by stock, and may af- 

 ford some food for water- 

 fowl. 



No. 128. Imperata arundi- 

 nacea C'yrill. Blady-grass. 

 A sand and soil binder com- 

 mon throughout the 

 warmer temperate and 

 tropical regions of both 

 hemisi^heres. It is a 

 stout, erect, leafy grass, 

 1 to .3 foot high, with sil- 

 very-white spike-like 

 panicles. The rootstocks 

 form a perfect network 

 of strong fibers, ,ind in 

 warm conntries tlie grass 

 is recommended for bind- 

 ing river banks, the sides 

 of dams, and the loose 

 sands of the coast. This 

 grass is easily propagated 

 by root cuttings, and 

 might be utilized along 

 the Gulf Coast or along 

 the Lower Mississippi in 

 strengtliening the h'voes. 

 In tlic Malay Arcliipelago 

 this Imperata is the prin- 

 tii)al grass of the Alang 

 Alang iiclds, and is used 

 by the natives for thatch- 

 ing roofs. Cattle eat it when young with apparent relish, and in Bengal it 

 forms a very large porti()u ol" the jiasturagc. Tlic Tclingas make use of it in 

 their marriage cennnouifs. In western Texas and Arizona there is a native 

 species, Imperata hooleri (fig. .'32), very much like the one above described, iu 

 ap]»carain<' and liabit of growth. It grows nalinally around tlic borders of 

 aikaliiie S)iritigs. 



No. 129. Isachue aiistralis !»'. lir. Swamp Millet. 



A slender grass, creeiiing at the base, the ujiiight sti^ms 1 to 2 feet higli, witli loose, 

 open ])anicles of very small spikelets. It is a native of southern .\si.a and Aus- 

 tralia, generally found growing along the sides of streams and on swampy 

 ground. It is said tn be liked by rattle, and Mr. I'red Turner reeonnuends it 



Fio. 52. — Tmpfrnta hookeri : a to ti. dot.iils of sitikclef . 



