lo Aug., 1 9 II.] Y (macular Names <>f Victorian Plants. 



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Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants — continued. 



Botanical Name. 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



Mono* oTYi.EDONE.^^ — Acaly< e.^c — HypOuyn.e — continued. 



GR.UIINE.E — coiitili lied. 



Dkhelachne — 



crinita. Hook. f. 

 sciurea, Hook. I. 



Pentapogon - 



Biliardieri. K.Br. 



Ecliinopogon — • 



ovatus, Beauv. . . 



Amphipogon - 



strictus, K.Br. . . 



Pappophorum — ■ 



nigricans, R.Br, {comniune. 

 F.v.M.) 



Spofubolus — • 



virginicus, Huiiili. and 

 Kuntli. 



indicus, R.Br. . . 



Lindlcyi, Benth. 



Aijrostis — • 



Muelleri. Bentli. 

 scabra, Willd. . . 



venusta, Trinius 



Deyeuxiu — 



Forsteri. Kunth. 

 quadriscta. Bentli. 

 quadriseta, var. Montana. 



K.Br, 

 den.sa, F.v.M. 

 minor, Benth. . . 

 irigida, F.v.M. . . 

 scabra, Benth. . . 

 nivalis, F.v.M. . . 



Dewhumpnu — 



csespitosa (L.). Beauv. 



Triseturn- - 



subspicatum. I'alisnt 



Aninojioyon - 



ave.nacous, K.Hr. 



Diinthoniu — 



biparita, F.v..M. 



earphoides. K.v.M. 

 pcnicillata. K.v.M. 



rohii.Hta. K.V..M. 



pauciflora, R.Br, 

 nervosa, Hook. i. 



Cynodon— 



Daetylon. IVr> 



!>.").-)4. 



Long-hair Plume Gra.ss 

 Short-hair Plume Gra-ss 



Five-awned Spear Grass 

 Hedgehog Grass 



Bearded Heads . . 

 Xigger Heads 



Virginian Kat-tail Grass 



Indian Kat-tail Grass 



Lindlcy Rat-tail (ira-ss 



Mueller Bent Grass 

 Rough Bent Grass 



Graceful Bent (;ra.>is 



Toothed Bent Grass 

 Reed Bent Grass 

 Mountain Bent Grass 



Dense Bent Grass 

 Small Bi'nt Grass 

 Alpine Bent Grass 

 Coarse Bent Grass 

 Snowy Bent Grass 



Tuited Hair Grass 

 fSi)iked Clat Grass 

 Oat S]iear (Jra.ss 



Desert Wallaby (;ras.s 



Small Wallaby Griu-w 

 Goniiniin Wallaby Orn.ss 



Kibbiiny Wallaby Grass 



Dwarf Wallaby Grass 

 Swamp Wallaby Grass 



Inillaii Cnueh (ira>s 



Useful for pasturage, also for hay 

 Useful grass, though not of the highest 

 value 



Pasture grass, though not in the first rank 



Harsh grass, usually found under shrubs 

 and fences, and occasionally affords a 

 bite to hungry stock when better grasses 

 are not available 



Rather harsh grass ; suitable for fodder 

 when young 



I Drought-resisting grass ; not readily eaten 

 bv stock 



This grass has somewhat the habit of 



couch grass, and is valuable for saline 



situations 

 Wlien young, it affords a fair amount of 



pasturage, but becomes tough and wiry 



when older 

 This is one of the prettiest of our native 



grasses ; also has fair pasture value 



Valuable alpine pasture grass 



Good pasture grass ; is also a good lawn 



grass, forming a dense turf 

 Of slight pasture value 



Useful winter grass 

 VGood fodder grass, especially for cattli' 



Of slight pasture value 



Alpine grass of fair jiasluie vali;e 



Tliis perennial tussocky grass has not a 

 high forage value 



Perennial grass, found in most i)arts of 

 tlie world, and has a good pasture value 



I Usually found in poor sandstone country, 

 and is sparsely tussocky; of slight 

 fodder value 



I'scful perennial iiasture grass fur arid 



localities 

 Useful pasture grass, but not first ela.-s 

 This variable grass, which has .sometimes 



been sejiarated into several species, is 



c(jnsidered to be the best of our native 



gra.sses 

 Usually found in alpine localities; valu- 



al)le as a fodder gra.ss 

 Small alpine jiasture grass 

 Tall gra.ss ; nutritious and |.iilal.ible to 



stock 



Useful pasture grass ; a gooti lawn gra.os, 

 also for binding Iimi:..- sand, but trouble- 

 some in garden- and eultivateil land 



