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The grasses of Bermuda are simply mentioned here, but (he 

 quality for grazing purposes is inferior, and hay is never cut 

 here, bales of that pressed being imported for use. 



The names of the various grasses are given with the local 

 name whenever ascertainable: 



Stenotaphrum Americanum or Glabrum. (crab grass.) 

 Chloris petrae (bed grass;) Cynodon Dactylon ( Bermuda, or 

 devil, grass;) Paspalum fiUforme (wire grass;) P. di.stichuni 

 (seaside grass;) P. vaginatum; P. conjugatum; P. setaceum; P. 

 setigerum: Spartina cynosuroides (rush grass); Eleusine indica 

 (cocks foot grass); PolypogOn, monspeliens; Setaria viridis; S. 

 verticillata; S. glauca; Cenchrus echinata (burr grass); C. 

 tribuloides, (millet-grass); Oplisminus setarius; Panicuni pro- 

 liferum (cave grass); P. maximum (guinea grass); P. Colonum; 

 P. virgatum (twig-grass); P. capillare (quaking-grass); P. 

 lineare; and the following, cited only by Lefroy and not by 

 Reade; Leptochloa mucronata (slender-grass); Digitaria Segi- 

 tera, probably Paspalum setigerum of Reade, (finger-grass); 

 Schlerochloa rigida (hard grass.) 



Natural Order, Cyperaceae. 



Cyperus Rotuudus. Linn, (star grass. ) Stem triangular, 

 six to ten inches high. Leaves smooth, shining, as long as the 

 stem, channelled, flat. Flower-heads unequal, flat, compressed, 

 green centre with three to five bracts surrounding them, one 

 inch long, rayed, extending outwards like a star, Marsh lands 

 especially, and damp fields. Very common. Perennial. May 

 and June. 



Cyperus Flexuosus. Griseb. Very similar to the above, 

 but stem two to three feet high. Spikelets slender. Flowers 

 green, with six to ten long rayed white leaves supporting them. 

 Marshlands. June. 



Cyperus Nuttallii. Tor. (nut-grass.) Stem triangular, 

 four to six inches high; spiklets many flowered, compresed. 

 Flowers brown with three to five unequal long leaves surround- 

 ing them, followed by a triangular nut seed. A bad weed on 

 cultivated ground. Perennial. Early Summer. 



