857 



Dactylon ** (** De la Necessite d^^meliorer les Paturages Naturels 

 et le Betail du Congo "), Leplae, in Bull. Agiic. Congo Beige, 



V. Dec. 1914, pp. 661-663, ''Bermuda Grass {Cynodon 



Dactylon ''), in Forage Plants and their Culture, Piper, pp. 237- 



244 (The MacmiUan Co. New York, 1915). '' Turf," in Agric. 



NewS; Barbados, xiv. Jan. 30th, 1915, p. 47. Notes on Lawns, 



Davies, Dept. of Land Records and Agric., U. Prov. and Oudh, 



India, Bull. No. 39, 1916, pp. 1-10. Bermuda Grass, Tracy, 



U.S. Dept. Agric, Farmers' Bull. No. 814, 1917, pp. 1-19. 



Chloris, Swartz. 



Chloris Gayana, Kunth) Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



7/Z.— Kunth, Rev. Gram. ii. t. 58; Wood, Natal PI. v. t. 437; 

 Transvaal Agric. Journ. iv. 1905-06, t. 8 ; Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, 

 xvii, 1906, t. 437, xix. 1908, p. 118 (4 months after sowing), 

 xxvi. 1915, p. 1033; Thonner, Bllitenpfl. Afr. t. 8; Bull. Soc. 



Nat. d'Accl. France, 1919, t. 3; Tracy, U.S. Dept. Agric. 



Farmers' Bull. No. 1048, 1919, p. 4, f. 1 (plant showing running 

 prostate stems), p. 13, f. 3 (Head and enlarged spikes & 

 spikelets). 



Vernac. names. — Rhodes Grass, Capim de Rhodes. 

 Senegal, Eritrea and other parts of Tropical Africa; but 

 better known from the Transvaal, Natal, Cape Colony etc. in 

 S. Africa. Introduced to Australia, Philippine Islands, S. 

 United States, West Indies, Sicily and Algeria. 



A fodder plant, valuable for hay and summer pasturage 

 (Transvaal Agric. Journ. iv. t. 8), as a meadow grass in the 

 S.U. States (Hitchcock, Grasses, (1914) p. 216), for cut feed and 

 for hay in Texas it has become almost the universal practice to 

 have one or more acres of it for a feed and pasture lot near the 

 table on every farm and ranch (Tracy, U.S. Dept. Agric. 

 Farmers' Bull. No, 1048, 1919), found in every way equal to 

 " Timothy ** — Phleum pratense (Phihppine Agric. Rev. v. 1912 

 p. xxii). 



A perennial, 3-5 ft. high, thrives in warm countries, with a 

 moderate rainfall; but stands drought well; a good loamy soil 

 is required though, it is reported (Queensland Agric. Journ. 

 xxvi. April 1911 p. 164; Agric. News, Barbados, March 14, 1914, 

 p. 85) tliis may be less rich than that required for Paspalum 

 dUataturn, q.v,) ; and mixed Avith this grass (proportion of J) it 

 has been sown at the rate of 2 lb. of seed per acre — the seed 

 germinates and grow"s quickly and the crop is easily made into 

 hay (I.e.). SoA^Ti alone 7-8 lb. per acre, broadcast — or 2-3 lb, 

 per acre, where a press drill is used, is considered sufficient. 

 Continuous moisture is essential for 6-8 weeks, or until the young 

 j)lants are well estabhshed ; under favourable conditions, grazing 

 may be started in a month after seeding and frequently a fair 

 cutting for hay in two months may be obtained; cuttings are 

 recommended as soon as the seeds begin to ripen and in arid 



