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CASE Observe specimens of Purple MeLic Grass {Molinici 



109. cwrulea, Moench), a British species, proposed as a inaterial 

 for paper making; samples of paper stock and finished paper 

 made from the gross are shbwn. 



No. 190. Seeds of red and white varieties of Teff 

 {Erag7'ostis ahyssinica, Link). It was cultivated by the 

 ancient Egyptians and found in ancient clay bricks. It is now 

 commonly grown over Abyssinia, where it is much used for 

 making bread. (See Kew Bulletin, 1887, Jan., pp. 2-6.) 



Note rope made of the strong coarse stems of Eragrostis 

 cynosuroicles, Retz., known in India as the Dab Grass. 



No. 191. Stems of ZTiiiola virgata, Gr. A stout rigid 

 West Indian grass, together with ropes made from it. It has 

 been proposed as a paper material, but has not been successfully 

 utilised. 



Note fruiting spikes of Uniola panicidata., L. Imported 

 from North America for decorative purposes. 



No. 192. Manna Croup. A preparation from the 

 small seeds of Glyceria Jiiiitans, Br., used as an article of food 

 in Germany as well as in Holland, Poland, and Russia. 



Several well-known British fodder grasses are shown in this 



Case, among them being Festuca elatior, L., F. ovina, L., F. 



syh^atica, Arill., F. pratensis, Huds., Brizct viedia, L., Poa 



annua, L., &c., &c. * "/^ "^ ^' 



CASE Observe seeds of Tussock Grass, Poa flahellata, Hook., 



110. (Hactylis caespitosa, Forst.). A native of the Falkland 

 Islands, but introduced to tins couu''.ry for cultivation as a fodder 

 plant in 1842. It has never succeeded, however, except in the 

 West Coast of Scotland, where it has become established. 



Further illustrations of fodder grasses are shown in the 

 upper part of this Case, including Poa pi'atensiSf l^., P. 

 nemoralis, L., P. trivialis, L., and Bromus arvensisi L., •. 



Tribe XII. Hordem^e, note Lolium pere9ine,JL., tod its 

 cultivated form L. itaUcnm, A.Br., and \)AB,i!ii£.u^,f^. U^mulen- 

 tum, L., with its variety X. arveuse, With, i ^/^ !.•:'" 



No. 193, Rye {Secale cereale, L.). Formerly exten- 

 sively cultivated in this country, and still grown to some extent, 

 especially in the Eastern Counties, chiefly as a gt-een fodder. 

 Some of the prilicipal cultivated varieties of rye are shown, 

 also breatd made of rye flour eateil in Finland, and plaits of rye 

 straw from Nice. 



