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Journal of Agriculture. Victoria. [lo Aug.. 1911. 



Vernacular Names of Victoriax Plants — conlinurd. 



Botaniial Name. 



Popular Naine. 



Use or Character. 



MoNOCOTYLEDONE^ — Acalyce.5: -Hypogyn-^ — coiiimued. 



Grahine^ — contimte^. 



Andropogon — • 



erianthoides, F.v.M. 



serlceus. R.Br. . . 



affinis, R.Br. 



pertusus, Willd. . . 



annulatus, Forsk. 

 intermediuf?, R.Br. 



bombycinus, R.Br. 



refractus, R.Br. 



Gryllus, L. 



micranthus, Kunth. 



halepensis, Sibtli. 

 Smith 



australis, Spreng. 



A nihistiria — 

 ciliata, L. 



avenacea, F.v.M. 



Alopecurus — 



geniculatus, L. . . 



Tetrarrhena — 



distichophylla, R.Br, 

 juncea, R.Br. 



acuminata. R.Br. 

 Microlcena — ■ 



stipoides, R.Br. 

 Hierochloe — 



redolens, R.Br. . . 



rarifiora, Hook. f. 

 Aristida — • 



arenaria, Gaudicli. 

 Behriana, F.v.M. 

 leptopoda, Benth. 

 vagans, Cav. 

 ramosa, R.Br. . . 

 calycina, R.Br. . . 



Stipa — 



elegautissin^a, Labill. 

 flavescens, Labill. 

 teretifolia, Steud. 

 eremophila, Reader 

 setacea, R.Br. . . 

 Luehemanni, Reader 

 acrociliata, Reader 

 McAlpinei, Reader 

 Mueller i, Tate 

 semibarbata. R.Br. 

 pubescens, R.Br, 

 aristiglumis, F.v.M. 

 scabra, Lindl. 



Satintop Grass . . 



Silky Blue Grass 



Brown Beard Grass 



Pitted Beard Grass 



Ringed Beard Grass 

 Coarse Beard Grass 



Woolly Beard Grass 



Turpentine Grass 



Cricket Gra.ss 

 Scented Beard Grass 

 Johnson Grass . . 



Southern Beard Grass 



Kangaroo Grass 



Oat Kangaroo Grass 



Bent Fox-tail Grass 



Hairy Rice Grass 

 Wire Grass 



Pointed Rice Grass 



Weeping Grass . . 



Scented Holy Grass 



Pur])le Holy Grass 



Sand Spear Grass 

 Belir Spear Grass 

 Slender Spear Grass 

 Wandering Spear Grass . . 

 Branching Spear Grass 

 Dark Flowered Spear Grass 



Feather Spear Grass 

 Pale Spear Grass 

 Round Leaved Spear Grass 

 Desert Spear Grass 

 Corkscrew Grass > . : 



Cotton Spear Grass 

 Graceful Spear Grass 

 Golden Flags 

 Wiry Spear Grass 

 Fibrous Spear Grass 

 Tall Spear Grass 

 Bristly Spear Grass 

 Rough Spear Gra«s 



Introduced from other States. A goodi 



fodder grass ; useful for hay 

 Valuable alike for pasture and for hay 



has good fattening properties 

 One of our best native pasture grasses ;; 



useful also for hay 

 Excellent perennial pasture grass ; stands- 

 drought well 

 Good grass for pasture or for hay 

 Rather coarse grass ; yields a fair amount 



of nutritious lodder when young 

 Drought-resisting ; useful for pasturage- 



when young 

 Fairly good fodder grass. The coarse hay 



of this species is used by Fijians for 



mattresses 

 Good pasture grass, with a good leafy 



bottom 

 Good pasture grass when young, but 



becomes harsh and wiry when older 

 Introduced from other States. A good 



fodder grass, also for hay, but becomes 



troublesome in cultivated ground, as 



its deep and spreading rcKjts mat the soil 

 Good fodder grass for cattle, hut not for 



sheep 



I This is one of the best of our perennial 

 native fodder grasses ; useful for hay. 

 I Horses and cattle are fond of it 

 I Valuable grass for dry situations ; useful 

 for hay 



' Valuable perennial fodder grass for 

 ] swampy or moist ground 



I Too tough to be of much use for fodder 

 I Too tough and wiry to be of much value 

 j for fodder 

 I Similar to the two preceding gTasses 



Excellent pasture grass for moist situations 



Of fair pastnre value when young, but 



becomes harsh when old 

 About the same value as H. redolens 



k\\ the species of this genus are only 

 useful at an early pericd of their 

 growth. When older, they become 

 troublesome on account of their awns 

 (three-pronged) with sharp points, 

 which pierce the skins of sheep, and 

 even tiieir eyes if the wool around 

 them is not clip])ed away 



All the species of tliis genus have'a fair 

 ^ amount of pasture value when 

 young ; but,' . when older, develop 

 spear-like awns, which pierce the skins- 

 of sheep, and cause considerable 

 damage. 'They are also dangerous to 

 the eyes of stock, and tlieir presence 

 in wool lowers its value 



