626 HYDROCYANIC ACID IN PLANTS, ii., 



and which are here recorded for the first time as containing a 

 cyanogenetic glucoside and the correlated enzyme. 



Table ii. 



Cyanogenetic Grasses of New South Wales. 



Andropogon gryllus Linn., N.S.Wales native grass. 

 halepensis Sibth., var. mutica, N.S.W. native. 

 sorghum (L.) Brot., vars., introduced. 

 intermedins R.Br., N.S.W. native. 

 ischcemum Linn., introduced from N. America. 

 micranthus Kunth, N.S.W. native (scented grass). 

 Anisopogon avenaceus R.Br., N.S.W. native. 

 Bouteloua oligostachya Torr., introduced from Mexico. 

 C Moris petrcea Sw., introduced. 



polydactyla Sw., introduced from S. Amer. 

 truncata R.Br., N.S.W. native (star grass). 

 ventricosa R.Br., N.S.W. native (blue star grass). 

 Cortaderia argentea Stapf, vars. gigantea, rosea, variegata, 



S. Amer. Pampas grass, cultivated in N.S.W. 

 Cyndon incompletus Nees (Stapf), a "blue couch" grass of S 



Af., perhaps indig. in N.S.W. 

 Danthonia semiannularis R.Br., N.S.W. native (wallaby grass) 



racemosa R.Br., N.S.W. native (racemed oat-grass), 

 Biplachne dubia Scribn., Mexican grass, cultivated Bathurst, 



Hawkesbury. 

 Eleusine cegyptiaca Pers., N.S.W. native( Egyptian finger grass). 



indica Gsertn., N.S.W. native (crab grass). 

 Leptochloa decipiens R.Br. (Stapf), introduced, interior and 

 coast. 



Notes on the Grasses in Table ii. 



These twenty species were examined at various seasons, and 

 tested for the presence of cyanogenetic glucoside and enzyme 

 The results of the various tests are summarised below : — 



