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varieties, the one with large spreading panicles, and the other 

 having only one or two very long erect spikelets in its panicle. • 

 All three are well worth cultivating, and they will be easily 

 recognised from the dark color oi the small seeds. Panicum 

 tenuiflorum, E. Br., has a running stem and broad leaf, and 

 forms a good bottom. This species is easily known by its 

 weak stalks, and two spikelets ; the seed also is of alight color. 

 Two grasses, also common in ironbark forests, are Aristidca 

 vagans and A. calycina. According to Dr. Robt. Brown's 

 Frodromus, these two grasses make a good bottom, although 

 their stalks are dry and harsh. The terminal three awns to 

 the seed distinguish the genus. And these two species may 

 be known from each other, by the latter having a drooping 

 panicle, and being of a lighter color than the former. In 

 company with these will always be found the fine pasture 

 grass, Sporobolus elongatus, Robt. Brown. This species is not 

 confined to the hills, but is met with in all directions. This 

 species has a very long narrow panicle. On the damp side of 

 the hills will be met with during the greater part of the year, 

 a very pretty grass ; the four stamens of the flowers will 

 readily point the species out. This is Robt. Brown's *Microloena 

 sfipoides, also known by Labillardiers name, * EhrJiarta 

 slipoides. Here also will be found the handsome Andropogon 

 gryllus of Lmncsiis. Trinius named it Chryspogon gryllus, 

 from its golden beard. It is a useful fodder species. On the 

 open hillsides our old friend, the kangaroo grass, Anthistiria 

 australis, R. Brown, is met with in abundance, and in similar 

 situations at the north will be found the * Anthistiria ciliata of 

 Linncsus. This species makes a much greater quantity of 

 leaf. Brown's Panicum decompositum, which Baron Mueller 

 finds ide^itical with an American species, Panicum capillare, 

 Gronv., is a most productive grass, and is found pretty gener- 

 ally throughout the colony. Panicum coloratum, Linn ; this 

 is very similar to the last, but its large panicle is of a dark 

 color. The well-known annual summer grass, Panicum ciliare, 

 Metz, all will agree in pronouncing a most prolific species. 

 The most common grass of our flat open country is Andropogon 

 refractus, R. Br., a species that may be known by the spikelets 

 being suddenly bent backwards as if broken. This is a fine 

 productive summer grass, but little is seen of it during the 

 cold months. The same may be said of the species commonly 

 called blue grass, Andropogon sericeus, of Brown's Prodromus, 

 and Andropogon affinis, R. Br. ; but Andropogon pertustis, 

 Willd., stands the cold much better, though somewhat similar 

 to the two last named species ; this may be recognised at once 

 by the little pit on the glume. Panicum semialatum, R. 

 i^rown, a very widely spread species, is an excellent pasture 



