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Journal of A.griculturc. Victoria. [lo Aug., igii- 



Vkrnacular Namks ok \'i('Tokiax Plants — cnntinwrL 



Botiiiiir-al Name. 



Popular Xanie. 



Tse or Character. 



MoNocoTYLEDOKE.i^ — Acai.vce.t: — HvioGYN.i: — " n'iiuc'd. 



CYPERACE.E — contiiweil. 



Cladtum — ■ 



Mariscus, R.Br. 



articulatum, B.Br. 



glomeratuni, B.Br. 



tetraquetniin, Hook. f. 



schoenoiucs, R.Br. 



Gunnii, Hook. f. 



junceuni. R.Br. 



Filum, R.Br. . . 

 Gahnia — 



trifida, Lal)ill. . . 



microstacliya. Bciitli. 

 lanigera. Bentli. 

 Radula, Beutli. . . 



tetragonocarpa. Boeck. 



melanocarpa. R.Br. 



psittacoruni, Labill. 

 Ciiustis — • 



pentandra, R.Br. 



flexuosa, R.Br. . . 



restiacea, F.v.M. 

 Vncinia — 



tenella, R.Br. . . 



compacta. R.Br. 



riparia, R.Br. 

 Carex — 



cephalotes, F.v.M. 



acicularis, Boott. 



inversa, R.Br. . . 



canesceiis, L. . . 



echinata, Murray 



hypandra, F.v.M. 



chlorantha, R.Br. 



paniculata, L. . . 



declinata, Boott. 



tereticaulis. F.v.M. 



csespitosa, L. 



acuta, L. 



fusca, Allicini (C. B 

 baumii) 



pumila. Tliuuli. 



brevisulmis. l{.Br. 



Gunniana, Buott. 



lacistonia, R.Br. 



alsophila. F.v.M. 



longibracliiata, Bu'ck. 



Pseudo-cyperus, L. 



GltAIIINE.I?. 



/Cr loch! (Ml - 



pnnctatn. Ham. . . 



PanicuM - 



Cf-eiiifolum, F.v.JI. 



div.iricatissimum, R.Br. .. 

 sauguinale, L. . . 



leucopliipum, Humb. and 

 Kunth. 



Saw Cutting Sedge 

 Jointed Twig Rush 

 Soft Twig Rusli 

 Angular Twig Rush 

 Small Twig Rush 

 Slender Twig Rusli 

 Bare Twig Rusli 

 Awned Twig Rush 



Awned Saw Sedge 



Slender Saw Sedge 

 Little Saw Seilge 

 Black Saw Sedge 



Mountain Saw Sedge 

 Black Fruited Saw Sedge 

 Giant Saw Sedge 



Common Twisted Rush 



Curly Wig 



Tall Twisted Rush 



Delicate Ho'ik Sedge 

 Mountain HiKik Sedge 

 River Hook Sedge 



Roundhead Sedge 

 Dwarf Sedge 

 Knob Sedge 

 Hoary Sedge 

 Prickle Sedge 

 Dark Sedge 

 Pale Sedge 

 Panicle Sedge . . 

 Rough Sedge 

 Round Sedge 

 Tufted Sedge 

 Slender Sedge . . 

 Tawny Sedge 



Spreading Sedge 

 Short-stemmed Sedge 

 Green Sedge 

 Grass Sedge 

 Broad Sedge 

 Long-leaved Sedge 

 Galingale Sedge 



Woolly ( Trass 



Kanta Grass 



Spider Grass 

 Summer Grass . . 



Cottony Panic (irass 



>>.(i kuowu rcoMoniic value 



Useful for thati'hing, and possibly for 

 weaving 



Useful for thatching purpose* anil iia 

 brick-making. Yields a fibre 



>Xo known economic value 



Yields a strong fibre materiat 

 No known economic value 

 Yields a strong fibre material 



No known economic value 



Binds loose sand 



No known economic value 

 Yields a paper jiulp 



Good pasture grass : 

 well 



stands drought fairly" 



Good grass for moist meadows. The- 

 grain is eaten by aborigines of South 

 Australia 



This variable grass is drought-resisting ;- 

 yields nutritious fodder 



Fairly useful pasture grass ; binds loose 

 darnp soil, but a troublesome weed in 

 gardens 



Good grass for the dry districts, hut 

 improves on good moist soil. The 

 fibrous portion of the leaf is used by 

 Queensland almrigines to make twine 



