HUCALYPTUS TREES, 371 
Poa cynosuroides, Retz. — North- eastern Africa, 
South Asia. A harsh perennial grass, not serviceable 
for fodder, but mentioned by Royle as a fiber - plant 
of North-western India, where it is valued as a mate- 
rial for ropes. In this respect it may not surpass the 
. rough, tufty variety of our own Poa Australis, R. 
Br., so common on our river- banks, from the leaves 
of which excellent nets are made by the natives. 
Poa distans, L.—Europe, North Africa, Middle and 
Northern Asia, North America. Perennial. It is one 
of the limited number of tender grasses suited for 
moist saline soil, and thus affords pasturage on coast 
marshes. 
Poa fluitans, Scopoli. (Glyceria fluitans, R. Brown.) 
— Europe, North Africa, Middle and North Asia, 
North America. The Manna-Grass. Perennial. Ex- 
cellent for stagnant water and slow- flowing streams. 
The foliage is tender. The seeds are sweet and pal- 
atable, and are in many countries used for porridge. 
Poa maritima, Hudson. — Europe, North Africa, 
North Asia, North America. Its long, creeping roots 
help to bind the coast-sand. This grass can also be 
depastured. 
Poa nemoralis, L.—Europe, North and Middle Asia, 
North America. This perennial grass can be grown 
on shady forest-land, as the name implies, but it ac- 
commodates itself also to open places, and will grow 
even among rocks. It endures alpine Winters. 
Poa pratensis, L.—The ordinary English Meadow- 
Grass. A perennial species, fit for any meadows; 
thriving early, and able to live also in alpine locali- 
ties. Better adapted for pasture than hay, but by no 
means one of the very best grasses, though it resists 
