FORAGE PLANTS. 83 
Lachnagrostis retrofracta, Trin.; Z. Willdenow7t, Trin. ; 
Calamagrostis emula, Steud.; C. Willdenow7t, Steud) ; B.F1., 
vii., 579. Noted as Agrostis Solandri in Muell. Cens., 
p- 133. 
‘© Toothed Bent Grass.” 
Produces a large quantity of sweet fodder in damp localities, 
valuable for pastures. It is essentially a winter-grass, dying out 
on the approach of summer. 
Its percentage composition is :— 
Albumen ... sae an 4.08 
Gluten a ae am 8 
Starch ve eo A, I 34 
Gum es et = 2.50 
Sugar a Si a 9-75 
(Mueller and Rummel), 
It seeds in September and October. Some authorities say 
that it is rather a coarse grass, and not much relished by stock, 
but is eaten while young. Its pointed seeds are very injurious to 
wool, and frequently cause blindness. 
All the colonies. 
51. Dichelachne crinita, Zook, £, (Syn. D. Hookeriana, Trin. ; 
D, Forsteriana, Trin. ; D. comata, Trin.; D. longiseta, Trin. ; 
D. vulgaris, Trin. ; Anthoxanthum crinitum, Linn.; Agrostis 
crinita, R.Br.; Muehlenbergta crinita, Trin. ; JZ. mollicoma, 
Nees; Apera crinita, Palisot), B.Fl., vii., 574. 
‘“‘Long-hair Plume Grass.” 
A good winter species which grows quickly and_ bears 
abundance of seed. 
“Tt is a valuable grass, and forms, when in flower, a promi- 
nent feature in pasture. Asa pasture grass, when grown under 
favourable circumstances on rich valley bottoms with perennial 
moisture, it is very succulent, but when on dry clay hills it is harsh 
and scanty ; its nutrient qualities may be admitted, forming as it 
does a large constituent of pastures famous for fattening stock. 
As a fodder grass it possesses considerable bulk, and would add 
