604 CLIV. GRAMINE^E. 



"Panicum — contd. 



tenuissimum, Bcnth. 



parviflorum, R. Br. — Spikelets glabrous. There are several 

 forms of this grass, all good pasture kinds. 

 var. pilosa, Benth. 

 Baileyi, Bcnth. — Spikelets hairy. (Fig. 586.) 



Section II. — Trichachnc. 



gibbosum, R. Br. 

 leucophceum, H.B. ct K. 



Section III. — Paspaloidece. 



rarum, R.Br. (Fig. 587.) 



argenteum, R. Br. — Silver-spiked Grass ; a decorative as well 

 as a useful pasture-grass. (Fig. 588.) 



holosericeum, R. Br. 



navidum, Retz. — Warrego Summer Grass. 

 var. tenuior, Bcnth. 



globoideum, Domin in Fedde. Repert. x. (1911) 119. 



graeile, R. Br. 



jubirlorum, Trin. = P. distans, Trin. Sp. Gram. t. 172. — Shot 

 Grass. 



prostratum, Lam. 



*muticum, Forsk. — Bancroft Grass; contains prussic acid. 

 A native of North Africa, Arabia, and neighbouring 

 places ; now met with in most warm countries. Gives a 

 large quantity of fodder, but is of a very straggling habit 

 (see 01. Agric. Jl. xxi. (1908) 8, PI. 3, 4). 



helopus, Trin. 



Gilesii, Bcnth. 



piligerum, F. v. M. — An excellent hay-grass, and this and the 

 two following should be grown for that purpose. 



polyphyllum, R. Br. 



distachyum, Linn. 



reversum, F. v. M. 



Section IV. — Echinochloa. 



colonum. Linn. — A good fodder-grass (see Q\. Agric. Jl. iv. 



(1899) 364. PI. 104). 

 crus-galli, Linn. — Cockshin Grass. 

 var. sabulicolum (Trin.), Do ell. — Excellent for fodder; 



very succulent ; an annual. 

 '•Trumentaceum, Roxb. — The Deccan Grass. Excellent for 



fodder (sec Ql. Agric. Jl. xvi. (1906) p. 450, PI. 24). 



