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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Poa alpina, Linne. 



Alpine and Arctic Europe, Asia and North America. De- 

 serves to be transferred to our snowy mountains as a nutri- 

 tious perennial pasture-grass. P. Sudetica (Haenke) and 

 P. hybrida (Gaudin) are mentioned also as excellent alpine 

 grasses. 



Poa angustifolia, Linne. 



Europe, North Asia, North America. A perennial pasture- 

 grass, allied to P. nemoralis. An excellent grass for moist 

 meadows and river-banks. Poa fertilis (Host.) may be a 

 mere variety of this species. 



Poa aquatica, Linne. {Glyceria aquatica, Smith.) 



Europe, North and Middle Asia, North America. This 

 conspicuous Water- grass attains a height of six feet. It is 

 perennial, and deserves naturalisation in our swamps. It 

 produces a large bulk of foliage, and may be disseminated for 

 fodder purposes. 



Poa Brownii, Kunth. (Eragrostis Brownii, Nees.) 



Tropical and Eastern extra-tropical Australia, extending 

 rather widely through our colony. It is here mentioned as 

 a valuable perennial species, keeping beautifully green in our 

 driest summer, even on poor soil. The section Eragrostis of 

 the genus Poa contains numerous species in the hotter parts 

 of the globe. Of these many would doubtless be hardy here 

 and prove of pastoral value. 



Poa Canadensis, Beauvois. 



The Rattlesnake-grass of South-East America. A valuable 

 swamp-grass. 



Poa cynosuroides, Retz. 



North-Eastern Africa, South Asia. A harsh perennial gi'ass, 

 not serviceable for fodder, but mentioned by Poyle as a fibre- 

 plant of North- Western India, where it is valued as a material 

 for ropes. In this respect it many not surjDass the rough 

 tufty variety of our own Poa caespitosa, E., so common 

 on our river-banks, from the leaves of which excellent nets 

 are made by the natives. 



Poa digitata, R. Brown. 



South-Eastern and Central Australia. Valuable for fixing 

 wet river-banks and slopes. It forms large stools. Cattle 

 and horses relish it. 



Poa distans, Linne. 



Europe, North Africa, Middle and Northern Asia, North 

 America. Perennial. It is one of the limited number of 

 tender grasses, suited for moist saline soil, and thus afibrds 

 pasturage on coast marshes. 



