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Value as a fodder.—* An excellent grass, which might be improved by 
cultivation. There is a dwarf variety with a more spreading habit of 
growth and a greater number of radical leaves. Both sorts do not 
wither up in summer and grow during winter.” (Bacchus.) ‘Anerect 
stiff grass, met with in Queensland on granite country ; a fair cattle 
grass, at times making a good bottom, but the cane-like stem seldom 
touched by stock.” (Bailey.) ‘Variable, the smaller forms bemg 
usually most succulent, especially in sub-Alpine districts, the larger 
again being harsh, and best adapted for cattle.” (Buchanan.) 
Habitat and range—Found in all the Colonies, including New 
Zealand. In New South Wales found in many parts of the colony. 
11. Deyeuxia frigida, F.vy.M. 
Botanical name.—Frigida—Latin, cold—in allusion to the situations 
in which it grows. 
Synonym.—Agrostis frigida, F.v.M., in Census. 
Botanical description (B. FL, vii, 583).— 
Stems weak, and general habit of D. scabra, but usually taller, attaining sometimes 
4 to 5 feet. 
Panicle as in that species, long and loose with scattered branches. 
Spikelets rather larger. 
Outer glumes very acute, 2 lines long or rather more. 
Flowering glume not much shorter, five-nerved, nearly smooth or slightly scabrous in 
fruit, with a fine twisted awn attached a little above the middle and very 
deciduous, leaving usually on the fruiting glume a small dorsal notch. 
Value as a fodder.—Unknown. 
Habitat and range.—Found in Tasmania, and also in the Australian 
Alps, in both Victoria and New South Wales. We have it from 
Mount Kosciusko. 
12. Deyeuxia scabra, Benth. 
Botanical name—Scabra—Latin, rough—in allusion to the flowering 
glume. 
Synonym.—Agrostis rudis, Roem. et Schult., in F.v.M. Census, 
Must not be confused with A. scabra, Willd. 
Where figured Buchanan; Hooker, Fl. Tasmania. 
Botanical description (B. F1., vu, 583).— 
Stems usually weak and decumbent, 1 to 2 feet long. 
Leaves fiat, flaccid. 
Panicle loose, varying from 2 to 8 inches, the capillary branches short, scattered, or 
in twos or threes, distant in the longer panicles, few in the short ones, not very 
spreading. 
Outer glumes | to 1 lines long, acute, keeled or the second three-nerved. 
Flowering glume scarcely shorter or at length rather longer, membranous, rather 
stiff in fruit and minutely scabrous-pubescent ; the awn minute and straight, 
attached far above the middle and usually not exceeding the glume. 
~ Palea almost as long, rather broad. 
Rhachis with few hairs, and produced into a bristle, minute and glabrous or longer 
and hairy. 
Value as a fodder.—Unknown. 
Habitat and range.—F ound in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, 
and Queensland. As regards New South Wales, found on the Aus- 
tralian Alps, and other southern mountain ranges. 
