620 CLIV. GRAMINE^. 



Chrysopogon — contd. 



parviflorus, Benth. — Scented Golden-beard ; produces a large 

 quantity of coarse fodder. 

 z'Ctr. spicigera, Benth. 



var. flavescens, Bail. — A very ornamental grass and a useful 

 fodder, 

 aciculatus, Trin. — On the Mulgrave known as " Mackie's 



Pest." 

 elongatus, Benth. 

 var. filipes, Benth. 

 Sorghum. Pers. — As many of this genus are grown for fodder, the 

 following note by a chemist may be given : — " When 

 young, say from three to seven weeks, the amount of 

 prussic acid is really dangerous, especially if of rank 

 growth." 

 *halepense, Pers. — Johnson Grass ; contains prussic acid. 

 Mediterranean and adjoining localities; now in most 

 warm countries. Not a desirable species in cultivation 

 paddocks, 

 plumosum, Beauv. — Excellent for fodder, 

 fulvum, Beauv. — Excellent for fodder, 

 laxifiorum, Bail. — Forms a good pasture. (Fig. 595.) 

 Anthistiria, Linn. 



ciliata, Linn. — Kangaroo Grass. Sir J. D. Hooker (Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. vii. p. 211) places the Australian grass under A. 

 imberbis, Retz., and points out that A. ciliata is of an 

 annual and A. imberbis of a perennial growth. We have 

 three forms of this grass. The common tropical one is 

 of an entangling, scrambling habit ; of the two Southern 

 forms the one is of a more or less deep-green . and the 

 other is quite glaucous, 

 frondosa, R. Br. = A. arguens, Willd. 



avenacea, F. v. M- — The tall Oat Grass of our Downs country. 

 Iseilema, Hack. 



Mitchellii, Anders. = Anthistiria meinbranacea, Lindl. Lands- 

 borough Grass, Red Gulf Grass, Flinders Grass, and 

 Barcoo Grass ; an excellent fodder grass, annual. 

 Series B. — Poace^. 



Tribe V. — Phalaride.e. 

 Microlaena, R. Br. 



stipoides, R. Br.- — Meadow Rice Grass; will thrive under the 

 shade of trees. 

 '*Phalaris, Linn. 



arundinacea, Linn. — Is met with sometimes as a stray from 

 cultivation. Northern Temperate Regions. 



