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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Botany. 
  

  

  astoBislied 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  it 
  contained 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  materials 
  that 
  

   the 
  digestive 
  organs 
  would 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  convert 
  into 
  sugar 
  and 
  peptones, 
  and 
  

   that 
  it 
  would 
  pass 
  into 
  their 
  systems 
  as 
  nourishment, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  hero 
  not 
  

   only 
  a 
  useful 
  grass 
  to 
  fix 
  sand, 
  and 
  grow 
  where 
  other 
  grasses 
  would 
  not, 
  but 
  

   the 
  conditions 
  of 
  this 
  climate 
  had 
  made 
  it 
  a 
  useful 
  grass 
  for 
  live 
  stock 
  

   on 
  places 
  where 
  other 
  grasses 
  would 
  not 
  live. 
  

  

  Poa 
  aquatica. 
  — 
  This 
  strong-growing 
  water-grass 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  useful 
  

   grasses 
  for 
  wet, 
  damp 
  lands 
  where 
  other 
  grasses 
  will 
  not 
  grow, 
  and 
  should 
  

   be 
  sown 
  as 
  a 
  mixture 
  upon 
  such 
  wet 
  places, 
  as 
  its 
  season 
  of 
  greatest 
  

   growth 
  differs 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  others 
  here 
  described, 
  

  

  Pua 
  aquatica 
  of 
  Australia. 
  — 
  This 
  Australian 
  water-grass 
  is 
  very 
  different 
  

   to 
  the 
  European 
  Poa 
  aquatica, 
  but, 
  having 
  received 
  the 
  seed 
  under 
  this 
  

   name 
  and 
  grown 
  it, 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  a 
  grass 
  that, 
  in 
  damp 
  situations, 
  grew 
  very 
  

   fast 
  in 
  the 
  hottest 
  summer 
  weather 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  good 
  to 
  introduce 
  it, 
  as 
  

   its 
  season 
  of 
  strongest 
  growth 
  is 
  different 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  water-grasses. 
  It 
  

   grows 
  scarcely 
  at 
  all 
  during 
  cold 
  weather 
  in 
  this 
  colony. 
  

  

  Panicuin 
  loni/istijlum. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  grass 
  that 
  should 
  be 
  introduced 
  into 
  

   permanent 
  mixed 
  pasture, 
  as 
  it 
  grows 
  during 
  the 
  autumn, 
  when 
  many 
  other 
  

   grasses 
  are 
  at 
  rest, 
  and 
  continues 
  here 
  to 
  throw 
  up 
  its 
  singular 
  seed-heads 
  

   far 
  on 
  into 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  Paspalum 
  scrohiculatum 
  is 
  also 
  another 
  very 
  useful 
  Australian 
  grass, 
  

   which 
  grows 
  well 
  with 
  me 
  during 
  the 
  summer, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  do 
  well 
  if 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  into 
  permanent 
  pasture 
  ; 
  both 
  stock 
  and 
  sheep 
  like 
  it. 
  The 
  Australian 
  

   variety 
  differs 
  in 
  several 
  respects 
  from 
  the 
  Paspalum 
  scrohiculatum 
  indi- 
  

   genous 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  Phalaris 
  hulhosa 
  or 
  P. 
  minor. 
  — 
  This 
  excellent 
  perennial 
  grass 
  produces 
  

   a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  fine 
  sweet 
  foliage, 
  very 
  readily 
  eatea 
  by 
  stock, 
  and 
  Avhich 
  

   quickly 
  puts 
  them 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  It 
  keeps 
  green 
  far 
  into 
  the 
  winter, 
  

   even 
  ripening 
  its 
  seed-heads 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  autumn. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   introduction 
  into 
  permanent 
  pastures, 
  and 
  its 
  seeds, 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  

   large 
  as 
  the 
  Phalaris 
  canaricnsis, 
  will, 
  if 
  this 
  grass 
  is 
  made 
  into 
  hay, 
  add 
  to 
  

   its 
  nutritious 
  qualities. 
  

  

  Danthonia 
  i^enicillatai 
  — 
  A 
  narrow-leaved 
  native 
  grass 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  that 
  

   seems 
  in 
  this 
  climate 
  to 
  have 
  changed 
  its 
  habits, 
  and 
  grows 
  well 
  through 
  

   the 
  autumn 
  and 
  winter, 
  during 
  which 
  seasons 
  its 
  fine 
  green 
  foliage 
  is 
  picked 
  

   out 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  grasses 
  and 
  eaten 
  readily 
  by 
  cattle 
  and 
  sheep, 
  and 
  is 
  

   useful 
  in 
  mixed 
  pasture 
  from 
  its 
  growing 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  when 
  the 
  many 
  

   other 
  grasses 
  are 
  at 
  rest. 
  

  

  Fesliica 
  dimoriiha 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  grasses 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  advisable 
  to 
  

   introduce, 
  from 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  winter 
  growth^ 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  of 
  value 
  when 
  

   feed 
  is 
  less 
  abundant^ 
  

  

  