Chsetochloa glauca is a pest over several hundreds of acres near 

 Lihue, Kauai, and occurs in less amounts upon various Kauai ranches. 

 Attempts are being made to eradicate it. The seed was introduced 

 in hay from California. The grass has little forage value, and it is 

 not very well liked by live stock. In cultivated fields it is difficult to 

 eradicate. It springs up after the crops are laid by, seeds so abun- 

 dantly, and the seeds retain their vitality so long that the land seems 

 to be irredeemably foul. 



Hordeum murinum, wall barley, known on the Parker ranch as 

 California grass, because it was introduced in California hay, occurs 

 on many ranches and plantations and furnishes considerable feed. 

 It is quite palatable and is grazed more or less closely until the heads 

 appear, when it is objectionable to the stock on account of the long 

 beards. It is a low-growing grass, closely resembling bearded barley 

 in appearance. It grows best where it receives the benefit of surface 

 drainage or subirrigation. 



Panicum pruriens (PI. IV, 1), kukaipuaa, crab grass, and Syn- 

 therisma sanguinulis, kukaipuaa, or crab grass, and S. Tielleri are 

 considered identical by all of the ranchmen. Kukaipuaa is the name 

 applied to annual species, which are weeds in cultivated fields, but 

 which furnish a very valuable feed in the paddocks. If allowed to 

 grow undisturbed the reclining stems root at several joints from the 

 central crown, then become vertical, and bloom. The seed head is 

 "crowfoot" in shape, like that of manienie and yard grass. Kukaipuaa 

 is very nutritious. With various annual weeds it becomes an impor- 

 tant fattening feed in paddocks where perennial grasses do not thrive. 

 It occurs at all elevations and under all degrees of rainfall. It was 

 formerly abundant in Puna, but has been crowded out by Hilo grass. 



Eleusine indica (PL IV, 3), manienie alii, and E. szgyptiaca, yard 

 grasses, crowfoot, or goose grasses are drought-resistant grasses 

 occurring widely over the Territory. E. indica is a pest in the lawns 

 and along the roadsides of Honolulu. On Molokai it is a weed in the 

 alfalfa fields. It is a tough grass well liked by horses and cattle. 

 It is valuable on extremely dry ranges or along and above the algaroba 

 belts. The toughness of the stems is overbalanced by its good 

 seeding, persistence, palatability, nutritiousness, and drought- resisting 

 qualities. It is rather coarse and has a typical " crowfoot" seed head. 



Panicum torridum, kakonakona, is a valuable annual grass occurring 

 at low elevations during and following the rainy season. It is very 

 fattening, and well liked by live stock. It is the main fattening grass 

 on the lower elevations of dry ranches. It is reported as an excellent 

 grass on Molokai, Ulupalakua, Cornwell, and Haleakala ranches, and 

 is of value in other locations. It occurs mixed with other annual 

 grasses and weeds. The only objection to it is its short season of 



