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It will be interesting to compare these analyses with, those of three 

 samples of grass of American growth, as quoted in Dr. Vasey's 

 work : 



* These samples were, of course, very much drier than the Canadian sample. 



The percentages of total nitrogen, or non-albuminoids, and of 

 nitrogen as non-albuminoid substances, are also given, and at page 139 

 an analysis by Wolff of the ash of this grass is given, but it will be 

 sufficient to quote where they are to be found. The other analyses 

 quoted by Dr. Vasey are by Clifford Richardson. 



Speaking generally, it may therefore be said that the grass arrives 

 at its greatest perfection in moist warm localities ; in colder climes it 

 gives less satisfaction. I have shown that it will grow in many parts 

 of our Colony, and I would recommend farmers to give every 

 encouragement to it for horse and cattle feed. It is too coarse for 

 sheep. An advantage of it is the freedom with which it seeds. 



Other uses. The grain is eaten by the poorer classes in India, and 

 is also used for making into " khir." Duthie was informed that it 

 was frequently used in the Lahore district as a food-grain. Lamson- 

 Scribner alludes to a tall glabrous form, the seeds, which are produced- 

 abundantly, being collected by the Mohave Indians of the United 

 States, ground into flour, and cooked for food. He also states that a 

 variety introduced from Japan has been cultivated at some of the 

 U.S. Experiment Stations, and treated as a millet. 



Habitat and range. Found in all the colonies except Tasmania. 

 Perhaps truly indigenous only in the coast districts, but it is impossible 

 now to define the area. A common weed in most hot and some tem- 

 perate countries. 



SERIES V. MYUEOIDE^. 



Spikelets not silky, crowded and clustered in a dense continuous or 

 rarely interrupted cylindrical spikelike panicle. 



29. Panicum indicum, Linn. 



Botanical Name. Indicus Latin, Indian in allusion to 

 country from which the grass was first described. 

 Where figured. Trinius. 



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