, Linn, var versicolor, Hack. 



This is also one'of the lemon grasses. It will live in arid places. The medicinal 

 " Sirri Oil," is prepared from the root. 



Plate 131. Andropogon filipendulus, Hochst. 



Baron F. v. Mueller says : " Much liked by pasture animals, grows readily in poor 

 stony ground ; forms very large patches." 



Plate 141. Digitaria sangtiinalis, Scop. 



This is known as "Finger-grass " or " Crab-grass," and is said to be a useful pasture 

 plant, and to succeed in swampy places and under shade. It is good as a sand-stay, but 

 does not stand frost well, and in cold climates it is an annual. It can be propagated 

 either by seeds or by division of the roots. Formerly known as Panicum sanguinale, Linn. 



Plate 146. Panicum Helopus, Trin. var glabresceus, K. Schum. 



This grass is supposed to be poisonous to horses, but cattle are said not to be affected 

 by it. The natives know it as " Sinande," and use the roots medicinally. 



Plate 159. Panicum proliferum, Lam. var longijubatum, Stapf. 



Of the type species, Baron F. v. Muellersays : " Evidently one of the hardier species, 

 particularly eligible for wet brackish ground. Vegetates luxuriantly in the hottest part 

 of summer, the stems lengthening sometimes to 7 feet, soon bending, and then rooting 

 from the lower joints, throwing out numerous shoots from them, which grow rapidly, 

 allowing of repeated cutting. Stems thick, succulent, sweetish : panicles to 2 feet long. 

 Through all stages of its growth this grass is much relished by horses and cattle." 



Plate 184. Stenotaphrum glabrum, Trin. 



Baron F. v. Mueller says of this grass : " It is perennial, creeping and admirable 

 for binding sea-sand and loose soil of river banks, also for forming garden edges and for 

 establishing a grass sward on lawns much subjected to traffic. Generally not liked by 

 pasture animals, and for this reason all the more eligible for consolidating rolling coast 

 sand. It kept alive in the hottest and driest region of Central Australia ...... 



it endures also some frost, even the tender portion of its blade, and has shown itself 

 adapted for recently reclaimed swamp land." 





