Salix acutifolia, “* The sand Willow,’’ which has done much 
to bind shifting sands in Russia. 
96 J. H. MAIDEN. 
INDIGENOUS GRASSES. 
Spinifex hirsutus, Labill. ‘‘ Spiny rolling Grass.” 
The coarse creeping stems attain an enormous length, I 
have followed them 30 or 40 feet, powerfully rooting at the 
joints. On the principle that “‘a prophet is not without 
honour save in his own country,’’ the merits of this native 
grass are apt to be overlooked in contemplation of the 
imported Marram Grass, whose merits I do not for a 
moment deny. | 
Festuca littoralis, Labill. 
Cynodon dactylon, Rich. ‘‘ Couch Grass.’ 
Zoysia pungens, Willd. ‘‘Coast Couch Grass.”’ 
Imperata arundinacea, Cyr. “ Blady Grass.”’ 
HXOTIC GRASSES. 
Psamma arenaria, R. et S. (Syn. Ammophila arundinacea, 
Host.) ‘*‘ Marram Grass.”’ 
Stenotaphrum americanum, Schrank. ‘* Buffalo Grass ’’; 
the “St. Augustine’s Grass of the United States.”’ 
Saccharum arundinaceum, Retz. (Syn. 8S. cilare, Anders.), 
the “‘ Mung-grass’”’ of India. 
Duthie’ speaks of the value of this grass in sandy ground 
near rivers: | 
“These hills are composed of absolutely pure blown sand, but 
the grass, if planted in tufts during the rainy season, strikes root 
and very soon effectually retards any considerable advance of sand 
particles. Encouragement is thus given to the growth of other 
plants, which are less able to endure submergence in sand, and in 
this way the ground becomes reclaimed.” . 
For a further account of this grass see Dict. Heonomic 
Prod. India, V1., (pt. 2) p. 2. ) 
+ Report on Mr. C. E. Gladstone’s planting and grass-sowing operations 
in the Umballa district (India)—The Agricultural Ledger, 1896, No. 21, 
(Agricultural Series, No. 18). f= 
