36 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



[Bailey]. Will live in shifting sand, and endures the hottest 

 desert-clime. The Australian A. procerus (B. Br.) and the 

 Mediterranean A. laniger (Desf.) are closely allied congeners. 



Andropogron Calamus, Koyle. 



Central-India. The " Sweet Cane " and " Calamus " of Scrip- 

 ture, according to Calcott ; it is regarded as the aromatic reed of 

 Dioscorides by Royle. From this species the gingergrass-oil of 

 Nemaur, an article much used in perfumery, is distilled. It is the 

 " Cusha " of India. Gribson and Dalzell regard it identical with 

 A. nai'doides (Nees) of South-Africa. 



Andropogron cernuus, Koxburgh.* (Sorghum cernuum, Willdenow.) 



One of the Guinea-corns. India, where it is much cultivated, as 

 in other tropical countries. It is annual according to Hackel, 

 but Roxburgh distinctly asserts, that " the plant is of two or more 

 years duration, if suffered to remain." It forms the "' staff of life" 

 of the mountaineers beyond Bengal. It reaches a height of 15 feet, 

 with leaves over 3 feet long. The thick stems root at the lower 

 joints, and cattle are very fond of them. The grain is white. The 

 specific limits of the various sorghums are not well ascertained. 

 This belongs to the series of A. Halepensis. 



Andropogron erianthoides, F. v. Mueller. 



Eastern sub-tropical Australia. Mr. Bailey observes of this 

 perennial species, that " it would be difficult to find a grass superior 

 for fodder to this ; it produces a heavy crop of rich, sweet, succu- 

 lent foliage ; it spreads freely from roots and seeds, and shoots 

 again when fed down." Mr. Fred. Turner states, that this grass 

 is particularly relished by pasture-animals. 



Andropog-on falcatus, Stoudel. 



India and Queensland. Considered by Mr. Bailey a good lawn- 

 grass, as it is of dwarf compact growth and of bright verdure. 



Andropog-on filipendulinus, Hochstetter. (A. lachnatherus, Bentham.) 

 Warmer regions of Australia, also in Eastern Africa. Much liked 

 by pasture-animals ; grows readily in poor stony ground [A. R. 

 Crawford] ; forms very large patches. 



Andropogron furcatus, Muehlenberg. 



South-Eastern States of North-America. Adapted for consolida- 

 ting drift-sand of coasts [Prof. Naudiii]. 



Andropogron G-ryllus, Linne. 



In the warm temperate and the hot zone of the eastern hemi- 

 sphere. A perennial pasture-grass, of easy dissemination, with 

 some congeners useful in climes too arid for more tender grasses. 



