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Pr ae as fe simplex ? Hack., var. minor, Stapf (Fl. Cap. vii., 
ge sees, in large chistes and a fair feed when young, but the 
older stems are hard an 
Tristachya Rehmannii, ent (FI. yo Vii., gets 
dangerous grass on account of the 
*Koeleria capensis, Nees (K. cristata, Pers, ; FL. Cap. vii., 468). 
A perennial grass of har nutritious value which sustains itself on 
dry soil. It is too short to be of much value for hay, but is useful 
for sheep. 
Agrostis lachnantha, Nees (Fl. Cap. vii., 549). 
A good grass which usually grows on river banks or wet places, 
keeping green piscere the winter and liked by stock. 
Aristida lc banare Trin. et Rupr. (F1. Cap. vii., 559). 
A hard, wiry, and practically useless grass. 
Tragus racemosus, Adi. (I'l. Cap. vil., 577). (Carrot-seed Grass.) 
A useless annual which is injurious to wool. 
“Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. (Fl. Cap. vil., 586), 
A wiry, tufted, and very strong grass, which ‘is usually found on 
roadsides, old lands and farmsteads and is spreading rapidly. It is 
readily eaten by stock when young, but soon becomes too tough 
and wiry and is then usually avoided except in scarcity of other 
food. 
Eragrostis curvula, Nees (F]. Cap. vii., 599). 
A valuable pasture grass. 
rin pe plana, Nees (FI. Cap. vii. 609). (As Grass or Outspan 
Like most of the species of Eragrostis, this grass makes good 
grazing and is much liked by stock when young, “put soon becomes 
hard and wiry. 
Eragrostis — Trin, (FI. Cap. 3 Vil. 615). 
A good sheep gras : 
Eragrostis Sei News at Cap.ivil., 622). 
A good sweet fodder 8. 
‘Cynodon Diaby Pers “( Cap. vii., 634). (Doob- or Dub-Grass | 
or Bermuda Quick Gra 
Yields excellent weet pasturage on abandoned lands. In the 
Southern United States and India it makes good hay which keeps 
sweet for years in stack. It grows very freely and to a large size 
on cultivated land, but is most valued as a sand binder for the 
walls of dams, &c. 
Michrochloa see Nees (Fl. Cap. vii., 636). 
A poor fee 
Chloris virgata, Sw. (FI. Cap. vii, 641). (Old Lands Grass or 
weet Grass. 
n annual weed in old lands, keenly relished by stock and 
considered a highly nutritious fodder. It is largely used for hay, in 
which character it commands a good price. Baled sweet-grass hay 
is sold largely in the markets of P Pretoria and Johannesburg. 
