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prolific seeder. It is nutritious and perennial and produces a large amount 

 of bottom fodder. It seeds in November and December, is peculiar to the 

 back country, and is found only on the richest soil, only in a few places, 

 and there over a limited area. It grows in small detached tussocks ; the 

 leaves or blades are eaten by stock, but the seed stalks are left standing. 

 All of the colonies except Tasmania." (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of 

 Australia, p. 74, under Anthistiria avenacea.) 



41749. Ischaemum australe viLLosuM (R. Br.) Hack. 



" Grows 5 feet tall, leafy to top ; good seed habit ; found on swampy 

 land." 



41750. Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Swartz) Kuntze. Rice-grass. 

 (Leersia hexandra Swartz.) 



" Grows 3 to 3£ feet tall, very leafy ; liked by cattle ; found on swampy 

 land; poor seed habit." 



41751. Alloteropsis semialata (R. Br.) Hitchc. Cockatoo grass. 

 (Panicum semialatum R. Br.) 



"Cockatoo grass; excellent pasturage; 2 to 3 feet tall, leafy at base; 

 good seed habit. Lo-thi of Batavia River natives." 



41752. Danthonia pallida R. Br. Silver grass, 

 " White-topped grass ; good pasturage ; 2 feet tall." 



41753. Panicum foliosum R. Br. 



•'Handsome broad-leaved grass found usually on broken land; of 

 straggling habit, 2| feet tall ; leafy ; fair seed habit." 



41754. Pollinia fulva (R. Br.) Benth. Sugar grass. 

 (Pollinia cumin gii Nees.) 



"Brown-top. Considered by stock owners to equal the Mitchell grass 

 as a drought resister ; on account of its sweetness is often called sugar 

 grass ; 3 feet tall ; leafy, fine stems ; good seed habit." 



41755. Holctjs fulvus R. Br. 

 (Andropogon serratus Thunb.) 



" Excellent fodder ; 5 feet tall." 



41756. Holctjs pltjmost t s R. Br. 

 {Andropogon australis Spreng.) 



" Grass not liked by sheep farmers, but for cattle run it is a very good 

 grass ; 2\ feet tall ; leafy fine stems ; shatters seeds freely." 



41757. Themeda foeskalii Hack. Kangaroo grass. 

 (Anthistiria vulgaris Hack.) 



" Common form of kangaroo grass. There are several forms of this 

 species, but all are equally good fodder grasses ; 3 feet tall ; fine steins ; 

 medium leafy ; fair seed habit." 



41758. Aristida calycina R. Br. 



" Good only when young ; 2i feet tall ; fine stems." 



41759. Chloris paraguaiensis Steud. 



"An excellent fodder ; one of the best grasses for pasturage and hay ; 

 3 feet tall, about like Rhodes grass. Less common than Chloris virgata." 



41760. Chloris ventricosa R. Br. 



" Blue star grass. Good pasturage ; probably the long-awned form of 

 Bentham, in Flora Australiensis ; 2 feet tall; very fine stems." 



