jc Aug.. '911.] Yernaciilar Names of YktoruDi Plaiiis 



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VERXAriLAR Names of Victorian Plaxts— conft'wwaZ. 



Botanical Xaiiip. 



Puliiilar Xaiiie. 



Use or Cliaratter 



^Ionocotyledone.t:- 



GRAMIXE.K— COH^HHfrf I 



AcALYCE.T — Hypo :yx.t: — con'.mwd. 



Paniev.m — continued — 

 gracile, R.Br. . . 



Cms gain, L. 



repens, L. 

 niargiuatuni, R.Br. 



bicolor, R.Br. . . 

 nielanauthuni, F.v.M. 



effusuni, R.Br. . . 



Mitclielli. Bentli. 

 decompositum, R.Br. 



trachyrhacliis. Bcnth. 



prolutum, F.v.M. 



spinescens, R.Br. 



paradoxiun. R.Br, 

 atro-viren.s, Trinius 



Oplismenus — 



compositiis, Palisot. 



Setiiria — 



glauca, Beauv. . . 



inacro-itachva. Iliinili 



Kiintli. 

 viridis, Beauv. . . 



viTticillata, Beauv. 



Spill ilex — 



liir.'<utus. I^aliill. . . 



paradoxus, Beiitli. 



Trii'/us — 



raeeniosu'^. Hall r 



Seurnchne - 

 alopceuroide 



Mitelielliaua. 



. K.lir. 



Nee-. 



Miinrol. F.v.M. . . 



Zni/niii ■ 



p uitf.'hs. Will.!. 



I iii'/ii-riitii 



aruiiclinari-a. Cx r. 



JCriii nth UK - 



fiilvis, Kuiitli. . . 



Lepliiriiii ■ 



irii'urvatiis, Tritjius 



eyiliidrieu.s, TriMiu> 

 Jliiiiiirlhrin - 



roliipri— 1 |{ lir 



Slender I'iiiiic lirass 



Barnyard Grass 



Creeping Panic Grass 

 Bordered Panic Grass 



Coloured Panic Grass 

 Black Seeded Panic Grass 



Hairy Panic Grass 



Spreading Panic Grass 

 Umbrella Grass 



Rough Panic Grass 



Pallid Panic Grass 



Spiny Panic Grass 



Tliorny Panic Grass 

 Swamp Panic Grass 



Creeping Beard Grass 



Pale Pigeon Grass 



Bearded Pigeon Grass 

 Green Pigeon Grass 



Wliorled Pigeon Grass 



Hairy Spinil'ex . . 

 Spreading Spinifex 



Small Burr (Jrass 



Foxtail Mulga (irass 

 .Mitclii-ll Mulga (irass 



Munrii Mulga Gra^s 

 I'ricklv Cnucli Grass 



Brciwiit..p 



Curvi'il Snaki'tuil •ira.'s 

 Snuiili-r Sruiketail (iru^is 



Of some use wlicu youug. but lieeomes 



tough and wiry wlien older 

 Good grass in moist situations, especially 



around stagnant water 

 Grows well in shady i)laces 

 Good pasture gra.ss, though not in the 



first rank 

 Useful grass, hardy and palatable to stock 

 This widely spread grass yields a fair 



amount of nutritious fodder 

 Isi'ful for pasture ; alike in coastitl dis- 

 j tricts and dry interior 

 ' \"ery good pasture grass 

 1 Useful for pasture. Tiie aborigines make 



ill' niilbt-likc grains into cakes 

 Useful for pasture. A coarser plant than 



the foregoing, but has similar i)roperties 

 Like the two preceding species, is a valu- 

 able grass for the interior of Australia 

 Of sliglit pasture value. A -senii-aquatic 



grass ; forms a gooil sward as the water 



recedes 

 Senii-aquatic grass, similarto P. spinescens 

 Swamp loving grass, nutritious and 



relished by stock 



Too closely spread on the ground to be of 

 much use as a pasture grass 



Good pasture grass for covering newly 

 broken up moist soil : becomes a weed 

 in gardens and orchards 



Introduced from other States. Useful for 

 cutting as green fodder or for grazing 



Introduced and naturalized by cultivation. 

 Useful for forming the first coveringover 

 dry. sandy, or calcareous soils 



Introduced from other States; similar 

 in value to ,S'. viridis 



Valuable as a sand-stay around the .sea 

 coast: of slight pasture value 



Xot palatable to stock. It is a good sand- 

 biiider for hot dry regions 



Though small, is a useful jiasture grass for 

 winter and early spring 



Though a coarse grass, is of fair pasture 



value, especially in summer 

 Grows well under the i)rotection of shrubs 



and stones ; stands severe drought, and 



is liked by stock 

 Useful gra.ss in sheltered jdaces 



Valuable for binding sandy land near the 

 sea. and is palatabli- to stock 



(irows in wet undrained land; of slight 

 pa^tture value ; useful for thatching 



Showy, moderately tall grass, and is 

 drought-resisting 



tli'Uenillv found in salt-marshes in coastal 



distrii-ls; of not much pasture value 

 Similar to L. incurriilu! 



Suitable for umlriiiu'd \<^:\\\ .■i;i\ , or wit 

 si>ur soils 



