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*Trichokena, Schrad. 



Teneriffse, Parlat. — Red Natal Grass. North Africa. A 

 grass of many warm countries. 

 Ichnanthus, Sw. 



pallens, Munro = Panicum vicinum, Bail. (Fig. 590.) 

 Axonopus, Beauv. 



semialatus. Hook. f. = Panicum semialatum, R. Br. — Cocka- 

 too Grass ; excellent pasture-grass. " Lo-thi " of Batavia 

 River natives. 

 Oplismenus, Beauv. — All the species thrive under the shade of 

 trees, 

 compositus, Beauv. — The foliage often variegated, 

 setarius, Roein. et Schidt. 

 var. semulus, Benth. 

 var. imbecillis, Benth. 

 Arundinella, Raddi. 



nepalensis, Trin. 

 Setaria, Beauv. 



*italica, Beauv. — Panicum of Queensland farmers. China 

 and Japan. Forms of this species are stated by various 

 writers to have been cultivated for food as far back as 

 2700 B.C., and are supposed to have formed the main 

 bread supply of the prehistoric peoples. The grain has 

 been said to act as a diuretic and astringent, and to 

 alleviate rheumatic pains, 

 glauca, Beauv. — Pigeon Grass of America ; a good fodder. 

 var. minor. Bail., n. var. — This is the common form in 

 Tropical Queensland (see Ql. Flora, p. 1839). 

 macrostachya, H.B. et K. — A good fodder, 

 viridis, Beauv. — Comparatively rare in Queensland. 



var. australis, Bail., n. var. — This may be given as a variety, 

 on account of its strong, hard, flattened stems, which at 

 times bear thick bunches of leaves at the nodes ; the 

 length also varies from long to quite short ; should prove 

 a useful fodder. 



Hab. : Prairie Tableland (/. R. Chisliolm). 



Cenchrus, Linn. 



australis, R. Br. — Hillside Burr Grass. 



elymoides, F. v. M. — A coarse tropical fodder-grass. 

 Pennisetum, Rich. 



compressum, R. Br. — Swamp Foxtail. 



arnhemicum, F. v. M. 

 Plagiosetum, Benth. 



refractum, Benth. = Pennisetum refractum, F. v. M. 



