FORAGE PLANTS. 715 
A tall, perennial, upright-growing grass, often three feet in 
height. The roots are strong, fibrous, and penetrating. It is 
found in all parts of Australia, forms but few perfect seeds, and 
these do not germinate freely. It is one of the finest and most 
useful of the indigenous grasses. It remains green during the 
summer, but turns a little brown during the autumn, when its 
nutritive qualities are at the highest. Horses keep in better con- 
dition on this grass, doing hard work, than on almost any other 
species of native grass. Hooker wrote, in 1859: ‘‘ This is the 
best fodder-grass in Australia.” Although in the eastern portions 
of New South Wales, and also of Victoria, this is looked upon as 
a good pasture grass, it is not much esteemed in western New 
South Wales, and is not relished by stock. It is very restricted in 
its habitat, being found chiefly in the back country, and there to 
a limited extent, and only on the richest soils; in fact, the only 
situations in New South Wales in which it is largely found are the 
small rich alluvial flats, found in the gorges and valleys of the 
rocky hills between the Lachlan and Darling. In such places it 
grows very rank and luxuriant, and perhaps for this reason is not 
liked by stock. It seeds in November. 
Baron Mueller says: ‘‘ This is an excellent grass for stock, 
and makes a larger amount of bottom-feed than the other kangaroo 
grasses. Its growth should be encouraged by every means.” 
It contains :— 
Albumen ... Fc aa Ae 54) 2°O5,.DeG Cent: 
Gluten. —..: ba a ey, nay, 
Starch as iat ee a ao .0) 
Gum aes aa is ms Lene: 
Sugar Ass f. - 3300 
(F.v.M., and L. Rummel). 
All the colonies. 
18. Anthistiria frondosa, 2.2)., N.O., Graminew, B.FI., vii., 542. 
‘“‘ Broad-leaved Kangaroo Grass.” 
A most useful grass, to judge by the manner stock feed it 
down when young. (Armit.) 
Etheridge River (Queensland), and Northern Australia. 
