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Mauritius and Jamaica. An important fodder plant in tin 

 plains of Northern India, grown as pasture and for hay. 



Other grasses that have been included under the term u Sour 

 Grass" and referred to as Andropogon pertusus are Amphilophis 

 feracidulus, Stapf {Andropogon Ischaemum, var. aim ncanus, 

 Hack.) of Antigua, Dominica and Montserrat; Amphilophis 

 intermedia, Stapf {Andropogon intermedia, E.Br.) of Australia 



and Amphilophis intermedia, Stapf (?) var. acidula, Stapf 



(Andropogon pertusus, Stapf in Kew Bull. 1895, p. 209) of 

 Barbados, Nevis and Guiana, and also known from the Gold 

 Coast and Angola. They are all perennial plants and of some 

 value as forage. 



L 1895 "Sour Grass {Andropogon pertusus)," pp. 209-210, 



Phalaris bulbosa, Linn.; Toowooinba Canary Gj is. 



Perennial, 4 ft. high, native of the Mediterranean region. 

 Portugal, Mesopotamia, &c, introduced to Australia and South 

 Africa as a promising fodder plant. 



1. 1909, " Phalaris commutata/ 9 pp. 79-80, and " Toowooinba 

 Canary Grass," pp. 289-292. 



Phalaris canadensis, Linn. ; Canary Grass. 



Annual, 2 to 4ft., native of Southern Europe; introduced to 

 California, Argentine, Holland, &c. Imports of the seed int 

 this country are chiefly from Turkey, Argentine, Spain, Portugal 

 and Holland. In England the plant is recorded as being 

 cultivated nearly a hundred years ago in the Isle of Thanet 

 (Loudon, Encycl. PI.) and Spue (Eng. Bot.) in 1872 refers to 

 the "occasional cultivation in the southern counties, whilst town 

 refuse has aided its spread in waste places and about gardens.'" 

 Seed largely used for feeding birds, especially canaries. 



11 Reed Canary Grass " {Phalaris arundinacea, Linn.) a 

 perennial 4 to 6 ft. high, native of the northern temperate 

 regions; found near rivers and lakes and in ditches in Britain. 

 It is recorded of this grass in Britain, cc though the foliage i 



rather coarse it is relished by cattle and horses, and Mould 

 probably answer well on wet land"; in the Northern United 

 States, "furnishes an excellent quality of wild hay" (Hiteh- 

 cock) and "the hay is palatable if cut young" (Piper). 



Phalaris intermedia, Bosc. (P. caroliniana, Walt.), a peren- 

 nial plant, cultivated to a limited extent in the Southern United 

 States for winter forage (Hitchcock). 



Anthoxanthum odoratum, Linn. ; Sweet Scented Vernal Grass. 



Perennial, 1 to 2 ft., native of Europe, Northern Asia, North 

 Africa, &c. ; wild and cultivated in Britain; introduced to North 

 America. Grown in mixed pastures and for hay, which th. 



due to the cumarin content is said to improve, though 

 some difference of opinion seems to exist in reference to its 

 value in this respect. Both Sutton and Hunter refer to the seed 

 as being scarce and costly, and the latter mentions that an 

 annual continental species (A . Puelii, Lecoq & Lamotte) a 

 common weed and valueless for pastures is commonlv sold for it. 



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