48 ROUGH STALKED POA. 



having rongli sheaths, while in the latter the sheaths 

 are smooth, the ligule obtuse and the marginal ribs 

 of the outer palea furnished with hairs, it differs from 

 June grass also in several other respects. The Rough 

 Stalked Meadow grass has a fibrous root, that of the 

 June grass is creeping. Flowers in June and ripens 

 seeds in July. 



Way's Analysis. 

 100 parts as taken green from the field June 18th. 



Water 73.G0 



Albuminons or flesh forming princij^les 2.58 



Fatty matters • 97 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugars, gum, etc. . 10.54 



Woody fibre 10.11 



Mineral matter or ash 2.20 



100.00 

 100 parts of the gaass dried at 212^ Fahr. 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 9.80 



Fatty matters 3.07 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc. . . 40.17 



Woody fibre 38.03 



Mineral matter or ash-. . . 8.38 



100.00 

 This grass has got quite an European reputation. 

 In Lombardy it is accounted the queen of meadow 

 plants. In England it is considered an excellent 

 grass on good moist loam^ and much relished by 

 cattle of all sorts. Though this grass has much simi- 

 larity in appearance to poa pratensis, especially in 

 the mode of flowering, it differs essentially in its 

 qualities, the latter principally occurs in moist mead- 

 ows and the former is chiefly found in dry pastures. 

 It delights in moisture and sheltered situations, on 

 which account, though there are few more productive 

 or better adapted for the purpose of pasturage or hay, 



