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roast of mutton when on the table. Such a joint before 

 being cooked would have the appearance of being 

 sprinkled with carraway-seeds. Thus it will be seen that 

 the seeds must have travelled through the wool and skin 

 of the animal and lodged in the thin inner skin. Such 

 was common about 70 years ago in South Australia. All 

 the genus have somewhat similar seed. The South Aus- 

 tralian one referred to is S. setae ca, a grass not un- 

 common from Warwick to Stanthorpe. and, except for 

 the above feature, an excellent sheep-grass. 



aristiglumis, F. v. M. — A good pasture-grass, the awns not 

 being as troublesome as most of the other kinds. 



scabra, Lindl. 

 Streptachne, R. Br. 



stipoides, R. Br. 



Subtribe II. — Phleoidece. 

 *Phleum, Linn. 



tenue, Schrad. — South Europe. 

 Alopecurus, Linn. 



geniculatus, Linn. — The Water Foxtail; a good winter grass. 



Subtribe III. — Euagrostece. 



Echinopogon, Beauv. 



ovatus, Beauv. = Cinna ovata, Kunth. 

 Amphipogon, R. Br. 

 strictus, R. Br. 

 Polypogon, Desf. 



monspeliensis, Desf. 



var. Rosei, Bail., Ql. Agric. Jl. xxv. (1910) 165. 

 Sporobolus, R. Br. 



Benthami, Bail. — A viviparous grass, excellent for pasture, 



found near water inland, 

 virginicus, Kunth. — Found on brackish land along the coast. 



var. minor, Bail. 

 indicus, R. Br. — Rat's-tail Grass. " Yak-kapari " of Boulia 

 natives. This grass and the variety are when old very 

 tough, thus often rejected by stock. 

 var. elongatus, Bail. = S. elongatum, R. Br. 

 diander, Beauv. 

 *pilifera, var. major, Kunth. — A Brazilian grass spreading in 



the State, 

 pulchellus, R. Br. — A good sheep-grass, 

 australasicus, Domin in Fedde. Repert. ix. (1911) 553. 



