96 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
100. Panicum bicolor, #.2r., B.FI., vii., 487. 
A good, useful perennial pasture grass, growing thickly on 
sandhills. It seeds in November and December. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
101. Panicum brevifolium, 77/iig.. (Syn. P. tenuzflorum, R.Br.); 
B.FI., vii., 461. 
This grass has a running stem, and forms a good bottom as 
a pasture grass. (Bailey.) It is not endemic in Australia. 
New South Wales, Queensland, and Northern Australia. 
102. Panicum ceenicolum, 7-v.4/., B.FI., vii., 467. 
Valuable as a lasting grass for moist meadows. 
All the colonies except Queensland and Tasmania. 
103. Panicum colonum, Zz7z., (Syn. Oplismenus colonum, Kunth); 
B.FI., vii., 478. 
“Shama Millet” of India; called also, in parts of India, ‘‘ Wild Rice ” 
or “ Jungle Rice.” 
Has erect stems from two to eight feet high, and very 
succulent. The panicles are used by the aboriginals as an article 
of food. The seeds are pounded between stones, mixed with 
water, and formed into a kind of bread. It is not endemic in 
Australia. 
Composition of Shama (husked)— 
In 100 parts. In 1 Ib. 
Water a: 12.0 sae I OZ. 403 gIs. 
Albuminoids 9.6 <a l jy 238 
Starch ae 74:3 PE Ll... Socom 
Oil <p 6 a 12" 
Fibre Me. 1.5 oA 1OG tes 
Ash wa 2.0 140-5 
Food-grains of India. (Church). 
North Queensland. 
104. Panicum crus-galli, Zinn., (Syn. Oplismenus crus-galli, 
Kunth ; Echinochloa crus-gallt, Beauv.); B.F1., vii., 479. 
“The Barnyard, or Cockspur Grass,” 
