116 
Chloris barbata, Sw. An annual grass, common along root 
As stated by Duthie, cattle do not appear to eat it when in 
Pani cum pro rostratum, Lam. Cent. per cent. grass. A creeping Ses 
coos to be highly vaiued as a fodder. It yields a rich hay, 
the fresh grass contains a large amount of water, the yield is vinee 
Panicum colonum, L. Rice grass. This annual grass springs up 
rapidly after rain, and yields a very rich hay, but like the last, owing to - 
the large proportion of waterin the fresh grass, the yield of small. 
aero pogon caricosus, L. Hay iem of Antigua. This is described 
by Mr. Barber in his “ Notes on Antigua Grasses" in the e Supplement 
to the Leeward Islands Gazette, stib 4th, 1894 (Bulletin XXXII., 
p. 166) :— 
A grass which has many good points in its favour has largety 
established itself i in the uncultivated land in the neighbourhood of Clare 
t has completely taken gris of the Gambles pasture 
between osse and the town of St. n's. 
Specimens sent to Jamaica and P were differently named ; but, 
assuming the Ke deléri ion to be correct, it appears to be 
Andropogon caricosus. 
Ido not at present know of it in any other West Indian Island, and 
it is an East Indian species. It would be an interesting puzzle to 
determine how it found its way into our —— 
| Tt is known locally as a ‘hay grass, and, if cut at the right time, 
should prove to be a very valuable fodder plant. The young blades 
clothe the ground with a beautiful coat of green, and it might be cut 
and stacked at the height of one or two feet verotding to locality. But 
the exact moment to cut it for hay is after the pollen n has fallen, and 
before the seed has swollen. When the seed swelis it draws for its 
nutrition from the stores in —— stalks of leaves, and very little then is 
added to the plant from the ground. The seed x € detached, and 
then the grass is fit for little bet bedding. ‘One a great a vantage 
in deciding the time for cutting, in the fact that pee grass monopolises 
the land to the exclusion of other species. It is difficult in mixed fields 
to choose the right moment for cutting, becuuse the different species 
ripen at different times. Here no such difficulty is met wit 
A marked feature in the grass is its variability according m soil, and 
its ready response to cultivation. While it may be frequently met ‘with 
on the roadside one to two inches in TUN in good rich land it will 
form a dense mass four feet high. 
There should be no difficulty in cutting it by means of a mowing 
machine, and if done at the right time, probably at least two crops may 
be obtained in the season. 
A great "um eben is noticed if the land is lightly scratched i a 
cultivator after cutting have in mind a piece of land on the Clare 
a or * winers " scattered amongst the grass. 
. The grass is not deed as one of the first class Indian fodders, 
pr | because of th use of such viisti as the Bahamas 
