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It will be interesting to compare these analyses with those of three 
samples of grass of American growth, as quoted in Dr. Vasey’s 
work :— 
In fresh or green substance. Calculated to water free 
substance, 
nie Ze 3: a Ze 3. 
Water® .:. Aa ae .--| 14:30 14°30 PASO IE See ae Pera h kas 
Ashi: ae oe qe eee 5°98 13°37 10°13 6°98 16°07 11°82 
Albuminoids a5 San oe 6°66 3°42 10°80 ela 3°99 12°60 
Fibre fee uns bop aee| 24°78 26°68 21°69 28°91 31°13 25°32 
Nitrogen free extract .. ...| 46°44 40°08 40°95 54°19 46°77 47°77 
Fat ... don ee as on 1°84 MP7) P1183 25 2°04 2°49 
100°00 | 100°00 | 100-00 | 100-00 | 100-00 | 100°00 
* These samples were, of course, very much drier than the Canadian sample. 
The percentages of total nitrogen, or non-albuminoids, and of 
nitrogen as non-albuminoid substances, are also given, and at page 139 
an analysis by Wolff of the ash of this grass is given, but it will be 
sufficient to quote where they are to be found. The other analyses 
quoted by Dr. Vasey are by Clifford Richardson. 
Speaking generally, it may therefore be said that the grass arrives 
at its greatest perfection in moist warm localities ; in colder climes it 
gives less satisfaction. I have shown that it will grow in many parts 
of our Colony, and I would recommend farmers to give every 
encouragement to it for horse and cattle feed. It is too coarse for 
sheep. An advantage of it is the freedom with which it seeds. 
Other uses.—The grain is eaten by the poorer classes in India, and 
is also used for making into “khir.” Duthie was informed that it 
was frequently used in the Lahore district as a food-grain. Lamson- 
Scribner alludes to a tall glabrous form, the seeds, which are produced 
abundantly, being collected by the Mohave Indians of the United 
States, ground into flour, and cooked for food. He also states that a 
variety introduced from Japan has been cultivated at some of the 
U.S. Experiment Stations, and treated as a millet. 
Habitat and range.—Found in all the colonies except Tasmania. 
Perhaps truly indigenous only in the coast districts, but it is impossible 
now to define the area. A common weed in most hot and some tem- 
perate countries. 
Series V.—Myuroipe#. 
Spikelets not silky, crowded and clustered in a dense continuous or 
rarely interrupted cylindrical spikelike panicle. 
29. Panicum indicum, Linn. 
Botanical Name.—Indicus—Latin, Indian—in allusion to the 
country from which the grass was first described. 
Where jfigured.—Trinius. 
