616 CLIV. GRAMINE^. 



Neurachne, R. Br. 



Mitchelliana, Nees. — Mulga Grass ; considered a good winter 

 grass. 

 Perotis, Ait. 



rara, R. Br. — Comet River Grass. Before seeding, forms a 

 good leafy pasture. 



Zoysia, Willd. 



pungens, Willd. — Coast Couch. 



Tribe IV. — Axdropogone.e. 

 Sub tribe I. — Maydece. 



*Coix, Linn. 



Lachryma Jobi, Linn. — Job's-tears. Tropics generally ; yields 

 a good fodder (see 01. Agric. Jl. iv. (1899) p. 196, PL 



91.) 



Polytocha, R. Br. = Chionachnc, R. Br. 

 barbata, Stapf. = C. barbata, R. Br. 

 cyathopoda, Bail. = C. cyathopoda, F. v. M. — The common 



food of large birds. When taken out of their crops and 



sent to Brisbane I have found such seed to germinate 



freely. 

 Sclerachne, Bail. = C. Sclerachne, Bail. — A troublesome 



Spear Grass at Somerset. 



*Euchlaena, Schrad. 



luxurians, Duv. et Aschers. — Teosinte, or Guatemala Grass. 

 America. 

 *Zea, Willd. — Fruit a Caryopsis. 



Mays, Willd. — M aize ; contains prussic acid. Peru. In 

 Greece the silky styles and stigmata are used as a decoc- 

 tion in diseases of the bladder ; also, in America it is 

 used under the name of Corn Silk. 



Subtribe II. — Dimericce. 



Dimeria, R. Br. 



acinaciformis, R. Br. 



ornithopoda, Trin. = D. tenera. Trim,; D. psilobasis, F. v. M. 



glabriuscula, Bail. (Fig. 593.) 



Subtribe III. — Saccharece. 

 Imperata. Cyr. 



arundinacea, Cyr. — Blady Grass. " Dirnbur" of Cape Bed- 

 ford natives. Known in commerce as " Lalang Grass," 

 and considered valuable for paper-making. 



