628 CLIV. GRAMINE^E. 



Chloris — contd. 



virgata, Sw. = C. barbata, var. decora, Benth.- — Rhodes 



Grass, 

 barbata, Sw: — Not so common in Queensland as C. virgata. 

 *Gayana, Kitnth. — Rhodes Grass. Tropical Africa. 

 *distichophylla, Lagasca. — Tassel Grass. A South American 



species, both ornamental and useful, 

 scariosa, F. z 1 . M. — Very ornamental. (Fig. 599.) 



Astrebla, F. v. M. 



pectinata. F. v. M. — Common Mitchell Grass ; the common 



Comb-ear variety. 



var. triticoides, Bail., Ql. Bot. Bull. xiii. (1896) 15. — 



Wheat-ear Mitchell Grass ; the tall, hard, coarse 



variety. 



var. curvifolia, Bail., I.e. — Curly Mitchell Grass. This and 



the last are excellent pasture-grasses. 

 var. elymoides. Bail., I.e. — Weeping Mitchell Grass. 



Eleusine, Gcertn. 



aristata, Ehrenb. = E. glaucophylla, Munro ; E. scindica, 

 Duthie. — An excellent lawn grass, and useful for growing 

 under the shade of trees ; cannot say if really indigenous, 

 but have received specimens from Port Darwin and 

 places in this State where it could hardly have been 

 introduced. 



segyptiaca, Pers. — Button Grass. " Ya-ra-ka" of natives. 



indica, Gcertn. — Crowsfoot Grass; a common weed in cultiva- 

 tion ; is usually a very tough, coarse fodder and will not 

 stand the cold weather. 

 var. monostachya, Bail. 



verticillata, Ro.vb. 



Leptochloa, Beauv. (Included in Eleusine by Mueller.) 



subdigitata, Trin. — Cane Grass. A shrubby species found 



growing around inland water, 

 chinensis, Nees. — A good pasture-grass, 

 polystachya, Benth. 



Tribe IX. — Festuce/E. 

 Subtribe L — Pappophorece. 



Pappophorum, Schreb. 



nigricans, R. Br. (including the two pretty forms P. gracile 



and P. purpurascens of R. Brown). — " Twill-ka" of 



Georgina River natives, 

 avenaceum, Lindl. 



