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gi sees Forskalii, Hack. (Anthistiria imberbis, Retz. : Fl. Cap. vii., 
Common everywhere, growing to a height of from one to three 
feet. It is one of the most useful fodder grasses of the veld as 
well as one of the commonest. It is a good hay grass and liked by 
stock of all kinds, but it should be cut before the seed-heads turn 
rown. In the condition in which it is usually cut for hay (in 
March) it has but little feeding value. 
Paspalum dilatatum, Poiret. (Breed zaad. ) 
arge water-grass, a native of America. It forms excellent 
though coarse pasturage, and when sell-eatabiidhet keeps green 
through most of the winter in moist heavy veld soils, In Australia 
it is valued as a hay grass for dry seasons. 
ot Sots monodactyla, Stapf (Fl. Cap. vii., 373 
useful pasture grass, but usually found in scattered tufts, 
= sanguinalis, Scop. (I'l. Cap. vii., 378). (Crab Grass,) 
An alien which is spreading rapidly. It is an annual. When pro- 
perly cured it forms good hay and also aftords excellent pasturage. 
Panicum serratum, Spreng. (Fl. Cap. vii., 388). 
pom grass growing lentifally % in * peliig land and liked by 
sto 
Panicum Helopus, Z’rin., var. glabrescens, K. Schum. (Fl. Cap. 
vii., 392), 
An annual, spreading rapidly, but of poor feeding properties. 
Panicum ee Stapf, var. planifolium, Stapf (Fl. Cap. vii., 414}. 
(Sweet Grass.) 
nannual and one of our most valuable forage grasses for the moist 
land of laagtes, yielding a heavy crop of good forage hay, Common 
on old lands, and one of the two grasses sold for sweet grass hay. 
Axonopus semialatus, Hk, f. (Fl. — vii., 418). 
A coarse native grass liked by stoc 
*Setaria nigrirostris, Dur. et Sch. a Cap. vii., 423). 
A perennial, rather coarse grass, but greedily _ by stock of 
all kinds, The seed is much liked by quail and other birds and is 
. therefore difficult to collect. It is one of our most 0 grasses, 
Setaria imberbis, A. et S. (Fl, Cap. vii., 427). 
Affords a fair feed. 
Setaria verticillata, Beauv. (FI, Cap. vii., 429), (Klit’s Grass.) 
A useless, annual, naturalised weed. It ‘tangles the wool of sheep 
and goats, 
Pennisetum Thunbergii, Kunth. coe Cap. vii., 436). 
A promising perennial grass of wet lands. 
Tricholaena rosea, Mees (FI. Cap, vii., 443). (South African 
ed-top. 
An annual or biennial grass which is found plentifully on foadsides 
and old lands. It makes good ha 
Trichopteryx simplex, Hack. (Fl. es vil., 450). 
Readily eaten, but not of much value, 
