HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 239 



Me^idow foxtA\l-gra.ss (Alopecurus pratensis) - 96 grains. 



Tall oat-like soft-grass (Holciis avenaceus) - 120 



Sweet-scented vernal {Anthoxanthum oduratum) - 62 



Round-panicled cock's-foot {Dactylis glomerata) 80 



Perennial rye-grass (Lolium pereime) - - 70 



Tall fescue (Festuca elatior) - - - 94 



Me2ido\v fescue (Festuca pratensis) - - 96 



Crested dog's-tail {Cyiiosurus cristatus) - 88 



Woolly soft-grass {Holcus lariatus) - - 80 



Creeping soft-grass {Holcus mollis) - - 90 



Mea.dow cQ.t's-ta.\\ (Phleitm pratense) - - 80 



Fertile meadow-grass (Poafertilis) - - 70 



Nerved meadow-grass {Poa nervata) - - 76 



Smooth awnless brome-grass (Bromus inermis) - 84 



Wood meadow-grass {Poa nemoralis) - - 68 



Smooth fescue {Festuca glabra) - - 70 

 Long-awned sheep's fescue {Festuca ovitia hordei- 



f or mis) - - - - - 102 



Darnel-like fescue (Pgs/Mca /o//ac^a) - - 110 

 Creeping bent or florin {Agrostis stolonijera Ri- 



chardsotiia) - - - - 42 



Wood fiorin {Agrostis stolonifera, var. sj/lvatica) - 62 



Yellow vetchling {Lathyrus pratensis) - - 40 



Rough-stalked meadow-grass {Pea trivialis) - 80 



Broad-leaved red clover (7 Vi/b/«wm^ra^e/j5e) - 80 



White or Dutch clover {TriJ'olium repens) - 64 



Common quaking-grass {Briza fnedia) - 54 



Greater bird's-foot trefoil {Lotus major) - 60 



Long-rooted clover {TrifoUum macrorhizum) - 76 



Lucern {Medicago sativa) - - - 90 



Bunias (Buuias orieutalis) _ _ _ IQO 



Burnet {Poterium sanguisorha) - - 100 



Cow parsnip {Heracleum angustifolium) - 90 



Those of the indigenous grasses that afford the least nutritive 

 matter from their spring leaves are, the creeping bents, common 

 quaking-grass, and the sweet-scented vernal. The leaves that 

 contain the most nutritive matter are those of the foxtail, cock's- 

 foot, tall oat-like soft-grass, meadow fescue, tall fescue, crested 

 dog's-tail, woolly soft-grass, creeping soft-grass, meadow cat's-tail, 

 awnless brome-grass, darnel-like fescue, and rough-stalked meadow- 

 grass. The perennial rye-grass ranks with those that contain the 



