350 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Panicum distachyum, Linn. 



From Southern Asia to Eastern and Central Australia. The 

 Twofinger-Grass. A perennial grass, rooting at the nodes, yielding 

 a large quantity of fodder and much grown for hay. Dr. Bancroft 

 states that horses will not leave this grass and that it is also most 

 useful for freshwater-marshes and for consolidating river-banks. 



Panicum divaricatissimum, R. Brown. 



Australia, particularly in the warmer inland-regions. A good 

 perennial grass, of easy growth on poor soil. 



Panicum divaricatum, Linne. 



Central and Southern America. A grass of scandent hahit, 

 ascending high up in trees ; desirable for naturalisation in forests. 



Panicum enneaneurum, Grisebach. 



La Plata-States. Prof. Hieronymus mentions this along with P. 

 grumosum (Nees), P. laxum (Swartz), P. oblongatum (Grisebach) 

 and P. rivulare (Trinius) as rendering the Pampas-pastures so nutri- 

 tive. 



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Panicum flavidum, Retzius. 



Southern Asia, tropical and Eastern sub-tropical Australia. A 

 prolific seed-bearer, often prostrated by the weight of the seeds. 



Panicum fluitans, Retzius. 



Tropical A sia and Africa. This perennial grass, like P. spinescens 

 (R. Brown) of East- Australia, ought to be naturalised along lakes, 

 lagoons and rivers, particularly for the benefit of waterfowl. 



Panicum foliosum, R. Brown. 



India, East- Australia. Perennial. Mr. Bailey finds this to be one 

 of the best grasses for river-banks. Refer for further information on 

 this and other Queensland grasses to his and Staiger's illustrated 

 monography. 



Panicum frumentaceum, Roxburgh.* 



The " Shamalo- or Deccan-Grass." Probably introduced from 

 tropical Africa into South-Asia. A hardy summer-grass, having 

 matured seeds even at Christiania [Schuebeler]. It serves as a 

 fodder-grass and produces also a kind of millet. In warm moist 



, climes it ripens grains in 1 J months from the time of sowing. The 

 grain much recommended by Mr. C. B. Taylor for culinary purposes. 

 The seed is sown in the silt deposited by the overflow of the rivers 

 in India [Dr. G. Watt]. Perhaps only a variety of P. colonum. 



