CLIV. GRAMINEyE. 603. 



Paspalum — contd. 



minutiflorum, Stcud. 



conjugatum. Berg. 



platycaule, Poir.- — Carpet Grass ; considered an excellent 

 pasture-grass for the tropics. 

 Eriochloa, Humb. et Kunth. . 



punctata, Haniilt. — Early Spring Grass ; excellent for pasture 

 or hay. 



annulata, Kunth. — Useful like the last. 



decumbens, Bail. (Fig. 584.) 

 Isachne. 



australis. R. Br. 



myosotis, Nees. (Fig. 585.) 

 Panicum, Linn. — Some species contain prussic acid. Most species- 

 good for stock, and would form excellent hay, but for 

 that material should be cultivated, and, like other grasses, 

 be cut when in flower. 



Section I. — Digit aria. 



ccenicolum. F. v. M. 



nematostachyum. Bail., Ql. Bot. Bull. xvi. (1903) 2. 



divaricatissimum, R. Br. 

 var. glaberrimum, Bcntli. 

 var. normale, Benth. 

 var. radiatum, Benth. 



macractinium, Benth. — Branches of panicle very long, often 

 exceeding a foot. 



papposum. R. Br. 



var. leiostachyum, Benth. 



sanguinale, Linn. — Summer Grass; excellent for hay, but a 

 weed in cultivation. A young growth of this grass 

 (cultivated ) Mr. J. C. Briinnich, Queensland Agricultural 

 Chemist, found to contain a large amount of prussic acid. 



didactylum, Kunth. = Digitaria didactyla, Willd. — Blue 

 Couch. First met with near Nudgee early in 1906, and 

 from the specimens sent to me at the time considered 

 only a form of P. glabruni, Gaud., differing only in the 

 pubescence of the lower portions of the plant. The grass 

 differs very much when seen at different stages of growth, 

 for instance, when seen on a lawn, or closely fed, or 

 when allowed to grow up for hay or seed. I do not 

 consider it a Queensland grass, as, after knowing the 

 Australian pastures for over 70 years, I had never 

 previous to 1906 seen the species ; and after reading" 

 Dr. Staph's paper in Kew Bulletin No. 6 of 191 1, p. 256,, 

 follow him as above. 



