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sis 6 inches high, and from its habit of growth often presents a moss-like appear- 
Of no agricultural value. 
Eragrostis tenuis Gray. Branching Spear-grass. 
This is a tall perennial western species 3 to 4 feet high, with long, open panicles and 
rather rigid leaves, which are 18 inches to 2 feet long. It grows in sandy soil in 
scattered tufts. Of no agricultural value. 
Eremochloé. (See Blepharidachne.) 
Erianthus ravenna Beauv. Plume-grass. 
A stout = growing to the height of 8 or 10 feet, with ada and plume-like pani- 
o 20 inches long, resembling in some degree Pampas-grass. Cultivated 
for LE decorations, as is also the variety with 5 leaves. A native of 
the Mediterranean regio 
Erianthus saccharoides Michx. Plume-grass; Woolly Beard-grass; Foxtail. 
A tall, stout grass of striking appearance, 4 to 6 feet high, with a reddish or silvery- 
white showy panicle from 5 to 10 inches long. This grass ranges from New Jer- 
sey to Illinois and southward to the Gulf, growing in very wet places and open 
swamps. Of no ee value, but deserves notice as an ornamental grass 
for lawns and gar 
Eriochloa aristata Vasey. Mexican Everlasting-grass. 
A branching leafy annual, 2 to3 feet high, native of Mexico. Seed of this grass was 
obtained by the Department in 1888, and if was cultivated in the grass garden 
located at id e Miss. rd Prof. S. M. "ied who says that it is a much 
ctober he grass produces an Rudi NE of seed and reseeds itself, making 
its prodnata comparatively inexpe 
Eriochloa purctata Hamilt. Everlasting-grass; Early Spring-grass. 
A quick-growing, smooth, suceulent perennial, 2 to 3 feet high, with flat leaves and 
narrow panicles 2 to 4 inches long. Widely distributed within the tropical and 
subtropical regions of both hemispheres. In Australia it is regarded as an excel- 
lent pasture grass, lasting all the year round and well liked by stock. e B 
which is produced abundantly, is easily Lopes 'This grass deserves the atten- 
tion of Southern dairvmen. In Arizona it grows throughont the valleys in irri- : 
gated soil, or in the rich, moist places ve the plains, yielding abundant herbage 
eagerly sought by all kinds of stock. 
Eriocoma cuspidata. (See Oryzopsis membranacea.) 
Euchlena luxurians. (See E. mexicana.) 
Euchlena mexicana Schrad. Teosinte; Guatemala-grass. 
A stont, leafy annual grass, 8 to 10 or 12 feet high, resembling Indian corn, to which 
it is botanically closely related. The variety E. luxurians, of the seed catal 
which has been 1 in various parts of the South and TA gek a babit 
of tillering, or sending np many—20 to 50—stalks from the same m this 
habit the bulk of foddar 10 to the acre is very large, pare nació 
by any other grass. It is liked by all kinds of stock, and has especial value as 
a green fodder when other forage is dried up. It may be cut several times dur- 
ing the season, but nearly as good results will be obtained from a single cutting, 
made before there is any frost. The stalks are tender, and there is no waste in 
the fodder when dry or at One pound of seed to the acre, planted in drills 
3 feet apart and thinned to a foot apart in the drill, is recommended. It is a 
native of the warmer portions of Mexieo and Central America. The seed rarely 
| matures north of sout thern Florida. 
