220 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Pandanus furcatus, Roxburgh. 



This Screw-Pine occurs in India, up to heights of 4,000 feet, 

 according to Mr. S. Kurz ; hence it will likely bear a temperate 

 clime, and give us a stately plant for scenic group-planting. P. 

 pedunculatus (R Br.) occurs in East Australia as far south as 32, 

 and an allied tall species (P. Forsteri, Moore and Mueller) 

 luxuriates in Howe's Island. 



Panicum altissimum, Meyer. (P. elatiut, Kunth.) 



From Mexico to Brazil. An almost woody species of arborescent 

 habit, attaining a height of 30 feet. Panicles up to a foot and a half 

 long. Evidently desirable for naturalization. 



Panicum amarum, Elliot. 



North America. A perennial species, fit to be grown on drifting 

 coast sand. 



Panicum atro-virens, Trinius. (Isachne Australia, R Brown.) 



South Asia, East Australia, and New Zealand. A perennial grass, 

 not large, but of tender nutritive blade, particularly fitted for moist 

 valleys and woodlands. 



Panicum barbinode, Trinius. 



Brazil. Valuable as a fodder grass. 



Panicum brizanthum, Hochstetter. 



From Abyssinia to Nepal. A large-grained perennial Millet Grass. 



Panicum coenicolum, F. v. Mueller. 



Extra-tropic Australia. Valuable as an enduring grass for moist 

 meadows. 



Panicum compositum, Linne. 



South Asia, East Australia, Polynesia, New Zealand. The growth 

 of this soft-bladed and prolific grass should be encouraged in forest 

 ground. 



Panicum Crus Galli, Linne. 



The Barnyard or Cockshin Grass. Occurring now in all warm 

 countries, but probably of Oriental origin, as it seems not recorded 

 in our ancient classic literature. A rich but annual grass of ready 

 spontaneous dispersion, particularly along sandy river banks, also 

 around stagnant water. P. colonum, L., and P. Crus Corvi, L., 

 are varieties of it. Regarded by R. Brown as indigenous in Eastern 

 and Northern Australia, where many other excellent fodder species 

 occur, some perennial. It will succeed also on somewhat saline 

 soil, particularly on brackish watercourses, also in moor land. 



