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Jounuil of AgricuUitrc. yictorla. [lo Aug., 1911. 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants — continued.. 



Botanical Name. 



Use or Character. 



M0NOCOTVLEDOXE.5 — AcALYC'E^E — Hypogyn^ — coniinued. 

 Gramin'E.e — continued. 



Chloris— 



acicularis, LindL 

 trunrata, R.Br. 



Eleusine — 



cruciata, Lamarck 



Port— 



Labillardieri,Steud. 



caespitosa, G. Torster 

 nodosa, Nees. 



lepida. F.v.M. . . 



Glyceria — 



Fordeaua. F.v.M. 

 fluitans, K.Br. . . 



stricta. Hook. f. 

 dives, F.v.M. 



ramigera, F.v.M. 



Festuca — 



duriuscula, L. 



littoralis, Labill. 

 Hookeriana. F.v.M. 



Diplachne — ■ 



loliiformis. F.v.M. 



fusca, Palisot 



Triodia — 



irritans, E.Br. . . 



Bistichlis — 



maritima. Rafin. 



Bromus — 



arenariiLs, Labill. 



Eragrogtis — 



tenella. Palisot . . 

 pilosa, Palisot . . 



•diandra, Steud. . . 

 Bro Willi, Nees. . . 



setifolia. Nees. . . 



lacunaria, F.v.M. 

 falcata. Gaud. . . 



Elythrophorus — 



articulatus. Palisot 



Trirhaphis — 



mollis. R.Br. 



Les.ser Star Grass 

 Windmill Grass 



B'inger Grass 



Blue Meadow Grass 

 Tutted Meadow Grass 



Knotted Meadow Grass 



Scalv Meadow Grass 



Sweet Swamp Grass 

 Manna Grass 



Quicksand Grass 

 Giant Mountain Grass 



Bamboo Grass . . 



Hard Fescue 

 Coast Fescue 

 Hooker Fescue . . 



Eye Beetle Grass 

 Brown Beetle Grass 



False Spinilex . . 

 Salt Grass 



Delicate Love Grass 

 Soft Love Grass 



Short Headed Love Grass 

 Common Love Grass 



Bristlv Love Grass 



Mallee Love Grass 

 Sickle Love Grass 



Spiky Grass 

 Needle Grass 



Of fair pasture value 



Good pasture grass, and stands drought 

 well 



Useful pasture grass 



Perennial rigid grass, of some value fo 



saline meadows 

 Valualile pasture grass, readily eaten by 



stock ; when tall, possibly of use for 



weaving 

 Perennial; grows in almost pure sand. 



Produces tuberous enlargements at the 



roots. Nutritious fodder 

 Of fair pasture value 



Useful fodder grass for moist situations 

 One of the best fodder grasses for very 



damp situations 

 Fair pasture value 

 This tall mountain grass grows best in 



shady places on deep soil along rivulets, 



Suitable for fodder when young; grows 

 in swamps ; its cane-like stems a 

 useful for thatching 



Grows well in hiUy places, and is one of 

 the best of the smaller fescues 



Good grass for binding drift sand on sea- 

 shore 



This tall perennial grass stiinds cold well, 

 and is liked bv stock 



This small grass is eaten by sheep, but is 

 not of much value for fodder 



Suitable for damp situations ; readily 

 eaten by stock 



Useful for fodder when young 



Tills dwarf creeping grass is of value for 

 binding soil 



Though not of the first cla,ss, is a useful 

 fodder grass ; does not stand drought 



Though small, is a good pasture grass 

 Abundant annual grass ; readily eaten by 



stock 

 Fair pasture grass 

 Valuable pasture grass ; readily eaten by 



stock 

 Useful for pasture when young, but 



becomes wiry when older 

 Wiry grass of little value 

 Small grass, wiry in appearance ; useful 



for pasture in arid districts 



Handsome grass ; of little value to the 

 grazier 



Ornamental grass; of little value for 

 pasturage 



