in Extra- Tropical Countries. 291" 



Poa Bergli, Hieronymus. 



La Plata-States. Supplies excellent fodder there, with some species 

 of the section Eragrostis. 



Poa Billardieri, Steudel. 



Extra-tropical Australia. A perennial rigid grass, of some value for 

 saline meadows. 



Poa Brownii, Kunth.* (Eragrostis Brownii, Nees.) 



Tropical and Eastern extra-tropical Australia, It is here mentioned 

 as a valuable perennial species, keeping beautifully green in the driest 

 Australian summer, even on poor soil; indeed the Missionary Pastor 

 Ivempe pronounces it to be the best of all grasses on the Central- 

 Australian pastures. The section Eragrostis of the genus Poa contains 

 numerous species in the hotter parts of the globe. Of these many 

 would doubtless be hardy far beyond the tropics, and prove of value 

 on pastural land. 



Poa csespitosa, G. Forster. 



Extra-tropical Australia and New Zealand, ascending alpine eleva- 

 tions. A tufty grass, available throughout the year for pasture-feed, 

 when young or when offering flowering or seeding-stalks, or when 

 presenting tender varieties; the rougher varieties utilized by the 

 aborigines for nets and cordage. Resisting drought. Well worthy of 

 being naturalized in other parts of the globe. 



Poa Canadensis, Beauvois. 



The Rattlesnake-grass of South-Eastern America. A valuable 

 swamp-grass. 



Poa Chinensis, Koenig. 



Southern and Eastern Asia, East-Australia. Recommended by 

 Mr. F. M. Bailey as a valuable pasture-grass, perhaps on account 

 of its tender panicles. Poa bulbosa, L., of Europe and Western 

 Asia, and P. compressa, L., of the same regions, will grow in pure 

 sand. 



Poa cynosuroides, Retzius. 



North-Eastern Africa, Southern Asia. A harsh perennial grass, 

 not serviceable for fodder, but mentioned by Royle as a fibre-plant of 

 North- Western India, where it is valued as a material for ropes. 



Poa digitata, R. Brown. 



South-Eastern and Central Australia. Valuable for fixing wet 

 river-banks and slopes. It forms large stools. Cattle and horses 

 relish the young shoots. 



Poa distans, Linn. 



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. 



