2 Census of the Grasses of New South Wales. 



AGEOSTIS SCABRA, Willd. 



"Bent grass." 



A slender tufted grass, growing from 6 inches to 1-| feet high. On the 

 high table-lands, and in the colder parts of the Colony, it yields a fair 

 amount of rich herbage, which sheep are fond of. The seeds ripen in 

 November, December, and January. 



AGEOSTIS VENUSTA, Trin. 

 " Bent grass." 



A grass of somewhat similar habit to the last, but it is found more 

 abundantly in the low land pastures in the southern parts of the Colony. 

 Seeds in November and December. 



AIEA CAEYOPHYLLEA, Linn. 

 " Silver-haired grass." 



A slender elegant tufted annual, rarely exceeding 6 inches in height. It 

 is generally found in the southern portions of the Colony, although the Eev. 

 Dr. Woolls collected specimens near Mudgee a few years ago. It is not of 

 much value as a pasture grass, but it is worth cultivating in gardens for its 

 very ornamental appearance. The seeds ripen in September and October. 



ALOPECUEFS GENICULATUS, Linn. 

 " Knee-jointed fox-tail grass." 



A weak-growing annual species, with procumbent stems at the base, and 

 sometimes ascending to li feet high. It is found very plentifully around 

 shallow pools of water in the western districts during the winter and early 

 spring months, and produces a rich succulent herbage, which is muchrelished 

 by stock of all kinds. The seeds ripen in September and October. 



AMPHIBEOMUS NEESII, Steud. 

 " Marsh brome grass." 



A succulent perennial grass, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, and is gene- 

 rally found in and around shallow pools of water, both in the coastal and 

 western districts. Its rich herbage is greedily eaten by stock of all kinds. 

 On low marshy lands, where few other kinds of grasses would thrive, this 

 species would pay to cultivate for making into ensilage, or keeping it in ' 

 reserve for a hot dry summer, when other feed is scarce. "Where cattle are 

 prevented from eating this grass for a time it will produce a great amount 

 of seed, so there should be 110 difficulty in disseminating it throughout the 

 Colony. The seeds ripen during September, October, and November. 



AMPHIPOGON STEICTUS, E. Br. 



" Bearded-head grass." 



An erect, slender, perennial growing species, froml foot to 2 feet high. There 

 are two or three varieties of this grass, none of them, however, affording 

 very much herbage. It is a good grass for standing a long drought, and at 

 such times, when herbage is scarce, it proves of some value in the pastures. 

 The seeds ripen in November, December, and January. Habitat : generally 

 all over the Colony. 



