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value for fodder. Mr. P. A. O’Shanesy however states that cattle 
are fond of it. 
Victoria to Northern Australia. 
42. Cynodon dactylon, Pers., (Syn. Panicum dactylon, Linn. ; 
Digitaria stolonifera, Schrad.) ; B.F1., vii., 609. 
“Indian Doub Grass,” ‘‘ Couch Grass.” 
This is generally considered an introduced grass, but it is, 
however, indigenous. It is good for pasture, especially when 
mixed with white clover. Sheep are very fond of it. It is a most 
troublesome weed in cultivated places. 
All the colonies except Tasmania. 
43. Cynodon tenellus, &.2r., (Syn. C. altior, F.v.M.); B.FI., vii., 
609. 
This is one of the creeping grasses. It makes a quantity of 
feed during summer. Stock are fond of it. 
Queensland. 
44. Danthonia bipartita, “.v.JZ., (Syn. Monachather paradoxus, 
Steud.); B.FI., vii., 592. 
Available as a tender-leaved and productive perennial grass 
for arid country. Mr. Buchanan (/udigenous Grasses of New 
Zealand), remarks that the Dazthonias seem to possess an inherent 
recuperative power, which enables them at any time, when the 
destroying agency is removed, to renew their growth, and spread 
in abundance. This may be partly ascribed to their capacity of 
ripening abundance of seed, and their ready adaptation to climatic 
changes and difference of soil. 
Ali the colonies except Tasmania, 
45. Danthonia longifolia, K.br.; BBL. vil....593. United. in 
Muell. Cens., p. 134, with other species toform D. penzczllata. 
‘© White-topped Grass.”’ 
This grass is of a wiry nature on the Darling Downs (Queens- 
land), but on the coast it yields a fair amount of fodder. 
Southern Queensland and New South Wales. 
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