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NORTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



POA NERVATA. (Fig. 13.) MEADOW SPEAR GRASS 

 MEADOW OF SOME FARMERS. NERYED MANNA GRASS. 



(Flo. 13:) 



The stem is slightly compressed bears an open or spread 

 ing panicle, with small ovate, oblong and green spikelets 

 leaves in two rows, and rough, and grows from two to three 

 feet high. 



This American grass is highly nutritive. The ripening of 

 the seed does not diminish the nutritive value of the stem and 1 

 leaves. It is hardy, grows best in most places. It is eaten 

 by cattle both in summer and winter,, but is more relished in 

 the latter than in the former season.. 



