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Paspalum distichum, Burmann. 



Froni India to South-Eastern Australia. A creeping swamp- 

 grass, forming extensive cushions. It keeps beautifully 

 green throughout the year, affords a sufficiently tender blade 

 for feed, and is exquisitely adapted to cover silt or bare 

 slopes on banks of ponds or rivers, where it grows grandly; 

 moderate submersion does not destroy it, but frost injures it. 



Paspalum scrobiculatum, Linne. 



Through the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere widely 

 dispersed, extending to South East Australia. A valuable 

 pasture-grass. A superior variety is cultivated in Indian for 

 a grain-crop. This grass furnishes a good ingredient to hay. 

 The stem sometimes attains a height of eight feet. Kosen- 

 thal pronounces it pernicious, perhaps when long and ex- 

 clusive use is made of this grass, under which circumstances 

 also the E-ye-grass will become injurious. 



Paspalum stoloniferum, Bosc. 



Central America. A fodder-grass of considerable value. 



Passiflora alata, Aiton. 



Peru and Brazil. This Passion-flower and all the following 

 (and probably other species) furnish Granadilla fruits. 



Passiflora coccinea, Aublet. 

 From Guiana to Brazil. 



Passiflora coerulea, Linne. 



South Brazil and Uruguay. One of the hardiest of all 

 Passion-flowers, and with many others well-adapted for 

 covering bowers, rookeries and similar structures. Many of 

 the Equatorial species come from mountainous regions and 

 may thus endure our lowland clime. 



Passiflora edulis, Sims. 

 Southern Brazil. 



Passiflora filamentosa, Willdenow. 

 Southern Brazil. 



Passiflora incarnata, Linne. 



North America from Virginia and Kentucky southward. 

 "The fruits are called Maypops. 



Passiflora laurifolia, Linn^. (P. tiyiifolia, Jussieu.) 

 The Water-Lemon. From West India to Brazil. 



Passiflora ligularis, Jussieu. 

 From Mexico to Bolivia. 



