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Value as a fodder. "An excallent grass, which might be improved by 

 cultivation. There is a dwarf variety with a more spreading habit of 

 growth and a greater number of radical leaves. Both sorts do not 

 wither up in summer and grow during winter." (Bacchus.) ' ' An erect- 

 stiff grass, met with in Queensland on granite country ; a fair cattle 

 grass, at times making a good bottom, but the cane-like stem seldom 

 touched by stock." (Bailey.) " Variable, the smaller forms being 

 usually most succulent, especially in- sub-Alpine districts, the larger 

 again being harsh, and best adapted for cattle." (Buchanan.) 



Habitat and range. Found in all the Colonies, including New 

 Zealand. In New South Wales found in many parts of the colony. 



11. Deyeuxia frigida, E.v.M. 



Botanical name. Frigida Latin, cold in allusion to the situations- 

 in which it grows. 



Synonym. Agrost is frigida, F.v.M., in Census. 

 Botanical description (B. FL, vii, 583). 



Stems weak, and general habit of D. scabra, but usually taller, attaining sometimes 

 4 to 5 feet. 



Panicle as in that species, long and loose with scattered branches. 



Rpikelets rather larger. 



Outer glumes very acute, 2 lines long or rather more. 



Flowering glume not much shorter, five-nerved, nearly smooth or slightly scabrous in 

 fruit, with a fine twisted awn attached a little above the middle and very 

 deciduous, leaving usually on the fruiting glume a small dorsal notch. 



Value as a fodder. Unknown. 



Habitat and range. Found in Tasmania, and also in the Australian 

 Alps, in both Victoria and New South Wales. We have it from 

 Mount Kosciusko. 



12. Deyeuxia scabra, Bentli. 



Botanical name. Scabra Latin, rough in allusion to the flowering 

 glume. 



Synonym. Agrostis rudis, Roem. et Schult., in F.v.M. Census* 

 Must not be confused with A. scabra, Willd. 



Where figured. Buchanan; Hooker, FL Tasmania. 



Botanical description (B. Fl., vii, 583). 



Stems usually weak and decumbent, 1 to 2 feet long. 



Leaves flat, flaccid. 



Panicle loose, varying from 2 to 8 inches, the capillary branches short, scattered, or 



in twos or threes, distant in the longer panicles, few in the short ones, not very 



spreading. 



Outer glumes 1 to 1| lines long, acute, keeled or the second three-nerved. 

 Flowering glume scarcely shorter or at length rather longer, membranous, rather 



stiff in fruit and minutely scabrous-pubescent ; the awn minute and straight, 



attached far above the middle and usually not exceeding the glume. 

 Palea almost as long, rather broad. 

 Rhachis with few hairs, and produced into a bristle, minute and glabrous or longer 



and hairy. 



Value as a fodder. Unknown. 



Habitat and range. Found in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, 

 and Queensland. As regards New South Wales, found on the Aus- 

 tralian Alps, and other southern mountain ranges. 



