322 CLIV. GRAMINE^E. 



Phalaris — contd. 



intermedia, Nees., var. angusta, Chapm. — Californian 

 Timothy Grass. North America. 



nodosa (Linn.), R. and S-, Tfiri. Sp. Gram. vol. i. t. 81 = P. 

 bulbosa, Tenore ; P. tuberosa, Linn. — Known in Queens- 

 land as P . commutata. Mediterranean Region. 



canariensis, Linn. — Canary-seed Grass. South Europe and 

 North Africa. 



Tribe VI. — Agrostide.e. 



Sub tribe I. — Stipecc. 

 Aristida, Linn. — Three-awned Spear Grasses. On the whole 

 these are not desirable grasses. 



Section I. — Arthratherum. 

 hygrometrica, R. Br. 

 stipoides, R. Br. 

 arenaria, Gaudich. 



Section II. — Chaetaria. 

 Behriana, F. v. M. 

 leptopoda, Benth. — The only one of the genus we have of 



much use for pasture, 

 vagans, Cav. — A grass of forest land. 

 var. gracillima, Benth. 

 var. compacta, Benth. 

 Leichhardtiana, Domin in Fedde. Repert. ix. (1911) p. 551 



= A. ranwsa, var. (?) leptathera, Benth. 

 ramosa, R. Br. 



var. compacta, Benth. 

 calycina, R. Br. 



Adscensionis, Linn. = A. dcpressa, Retz. 

 utilis, Bail., 01. Agric. Jl. xviii. ( 1907) 340. — Hat Grass; 



lately used in hat-making at Cooktown. 

 Stipa, Linn. — Some species of this genus have been proved to 



contain prussic acid, 

 elegantissima, Labill. 

 micrantha (Cav. ?) R. Br. = S. verlicillata, Nees. — Bamboo 



Grass, 

 semibarbata. R. Br. 

 pubescens, R. Br. 

 setacea, R. Br. — Southern Spear Grass. Some idea of the 



penetrating power of the seeds of grasses of this genus 



may be obtained when it is pointed out that at one time 



it was no uncommon thing to see the seeds thick on a 



