g2 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
of hay. Averochloas are particularly suitable for cold, wet, moory 
grounds. This plant is not endemic in Australia. 
Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. 
86. Imperata arundinacea, Cyr., B.FIL., vii., 536. 
‘*‘ Blady Grass.”’ 
This is one of the grasses most frequently met with on rich 
alluvial land, is one of the most common grasses of Northern 
Australia, and produces, after being burnt, a large quantity of 
succulent feed, relished by stock. When kept eaten down in the 
spring, and not allowed to become rank, it affords good feed for a 
considerable length of time. 
All over the colonies. 
87. Isachne australis, &.2r., (Syn. Panicum atrovirens, Trin. ; 
P. antipodum, Spreng.); B.Fl., vii., 625. Recorded as 
Panicum atrovirens in Muell. Cens., p. 130. 
A perennial grass, not large, but of tender, nutritive blade, 
particularly fitted for moist valleys and woodlands. It is greedily 
eaten by all kinds of stock ; it also grows in India, China, etc. 
Mr. Buchanan says that little is known of this grass except in 
the Auckland district, New Zealand, where, according to Kirk, it 
is abundant in swampy places. He calls it a valuable grass. 
Eastern Australia. 
88. Ischemum australe, 2.2r., (Syn. Andropogon cryptatherus, 
Steud.), B.FI., vii., 519. 
This species is found near rivers and swamps; it has a 
creeping underground root, from which it springs up quickly, 
yielding a good deal of fodder. 
New South Wales and Northern Australia. 
89. Ischemum laxum, &.2r., (Syn. Andropogon nervosus, 
Rottb.; Hologamium nervosum, Nees) ; B.FI., vil., 522. 
‘* Rat-tail Grass.” 
