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that  so  many  of  the  European  compounds  are  too  dry  for  it,  and 
the  swampier  grass  grounds  more  suitable  for  it  are  occupied  with 
the  more  popular  Leersia  & Isachne.  Certainly  it  is  not  as  popu- 
lar as  it  is  in  Ceylon  and  elsewhere  and  as  it  deserves  to  be. 
Panicum  oryzoides,  a rather  broad-leaved  creeping  grass  with 
round  green  spikelets  of  fairly  large  size,  grows  in  damp  spots  and 
edges  of  woods,  ft  is  apt  to  get  woody  however,  when  it  gets  large, 
but  it  is  common  and  mixes  well  with  the  others. 
The  Pamcums  of  the  section  Hymenachne,  with  moderately  broad 
lanceolate  leaves  and  catkin-like  spikes  of  green  flowers,  are 
mostly  good  fodders.  The  smallest,  Panicum  indicum,  is  often  to 
be  seen  in  grass  plots,  but  it  attains  a larger  size  in  open  ground, 
and  with  the  allied  P.  Myosuroides  and  larger  P.  auritum  which 
sometimes  grows  as  much  as  six  feet  tall  in  wet  spots,  is  good. 
P.  jnyurus  which  is  even  bigger  with  a more  open  panicle  is  rather 
too  coarse  a grass,  though  cattle  are  said  10  be  fond  of  it  in  Ceylon. 
All  grow  together  in  damp  spots,  often  in  water. 
Panicum  patens,  “Rumput  Telor  Ikan  ” Fishes-eggs  grass,  so 
called  from  its  minute  black  spikelets  borne  on  the  very  slender 
hairlike  branches  of  the  panicle,  often  occurs  abundantly  in  fairly 
dry  spots,  edges  of  woods,  etc.  It  is  seldom  very  tall  but  comes 
in  very  well  with  other  grasses. 
Panicum  repens,  known  here  as  Victoria  grass,  is  a tall,  often 
stout  grass  with  a woody  base  and  a long  creeping  rootstock 
which  perforates  the  ground  and  is  very  troublesome  to  eradicate. 
The  leaves  are  usually  narrow  and  rather  glaucous.  This  grass  is 
too  well  k nown  to  planters  as  a pestilential  weed,  nearly  as  bad  to 
extirpateas  Lalang.  It  chiefly  grows  in  sandy  places.  FergUSON 
says  (Trimen  Flora  of  Ceylon,  v,  154),  that  it  is  highly  valued  as 
fodder  for  cattle,  and  large  quantities  are  brought  into  and  sold 
in  Colombo. 
P.  colonum.  A common  weed  cultivated  in  India  for  its  grain, 
occurs  in  waste  ground  here,  but  in  no  great  quantity.  It  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  best  fodders  in  India,  but  is  not  abundant 
enough  here. 
Ei'agrostis  is  a genus  of  usually  small  weedy  grasses,  several  of 
which  occur  mixed  with  other  grasses.  They  do  not  creep  to  any 
extent  so  that  they  are  really  not  much  good  for  turfing,  though 
E.  elongata  (E.  Brownei)  forms  tufts  in  our  grass  plots,  especially 
in  bad  soil,  which  often  come  in  well  to  fill  up  bare  spots. 
E.  unioloides,  a very  pretty  grass  with  flat  purple  or  pink  spike- 
lets, in  damp  soils  adds  a good  deal  to  the  grass.  E.  pluniosa,  a 
common  pathway  weed  is  occasionally  also  mixed  with  other 
grasses,  and  forms  a good  fodder. 
E.  Brownei  is  considered  a very  good  fodder  grass  in  Australia, 
and  might  come  in  very  well  in  dry  clayey  or  sandy  pastures. 
Many  other  plants  besides  grasses  occur  in  our  turf  plots  and 
pasturage: — Cyperaceee,  small  sedges,  especially  the  two  Ky II in (ras, 
