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Value as a fodder.—This is a bulky grass, and is highly spoken of 
by holders of the ‘‘ snow leases,” and others competent to speak in 
regard to it. It can stand the severest cold we ever experience in 
New South Wales, and it might be desirable to mtroduce it into the 
coldest parts of New England. It might also be desirable to introduce 
it into cold districts outside Australia. It not only yields a large amount 
of fodder, but it is very nutritious, and it also has a handsome appear- 
ance when in bloom. Stock are fond of it. 
Some specimens in my possession from the Bredbo River are badly 
ergotted ; all my other specimens are free from this undesirable fungus. 
It should be looked for now that attention has been drawn to the matter. 
Habitat and range.—Most collectors who have visited Mount Kosci- 
usko bring specimens of it, and it is fairly abundant in the Australian 
Alps. It extends into both New South Wales and Victoria, never 
descending to low elevations. Its most northerly locality would appear 
to be the Mittagong Ranges. It also occurs in a few localities in 
Tasmania. 
Reference to Plate:—a, spikelet; B, outer empty glumes ; c, back and front views of 
grain (seed) ; D, fragment of inner side of leaf, showing the ribbed and scabrous appear- 
ance (much magnified). 
94. GLYCERIA. 
Spikelets several-flowered, pedicellate in a narrow or spreading 
panicle, the rhachis of the spikelet articulate under the flowering 
glumes, glabrous or rarely hairy. 
Outer empty glumes obtuse or acute, unawned. 
Flowering glumes convex on the back, three- to nine-nerved, the 
nerves not reaching tothe hyaline, obtuse, sometimes slightly denticulate 
apex. 
oe nearly as long as the glume. 
Ovary glabrous. 
Styles distinct, very short, the plumose stigmas frequently more 
branched than in other genera. 
Grain glabrous, enclosed in the glume and palea, but free from them. 
Flowering glumes with a tuft of hairs round the base or on the 
back below the middle. Panicle loose ... Ag Se . Ll. G. Fordeana, 
Rhachis and base of the flowering glumes glabrous or minutely 
pubescent. 
Stems rarely 3feet high. Panicle narrow. Panicle long and loose. 
Spikelets 4 to 1 inch. Flowering glumes distant, narrow, 
3 lines long; outer glumes much shorter... dea ine .. 2. G. fluitans. 
Panicle dense. Spikelets few, broad, 4 to ? inch. Flowering 
glumes paleaceous, 3 to 4 lines long; outer glumes as long ... 3. G. latispicea, 
Stems very rigid, tall, with few short leaves and often clusters of 
short branches. Flowering glumes hyaline, three-nerved at 
the base. Panicle very spreading. Spikelets six- to twelve- 
flowered os aia ij oe P Te .. 6. G. ramigera. 
1. Glyceria Fordeana, F.v.M. 
Botanical name.—Glyceria—Greek, gluceros, sweet, in allusion to the 
herbage of these grasses; Fordeana, in honor of Mrs. Helena Forde, 
who first sent this grass to Baron von Muller. 
