36 THE GRASSES OF MAINE. 



30. GLYCERIA NERVATA, Trinius. 



Gly-ce'-ri-a ner-va'-ta. 



PLATE XIV. 



Common Names. Nerved Meadow Grass, Nerved Manna- 

 Grass. Sometimes called Fowl Meadow Grass, but this name should 

 only be given to Poa serotina. 



Stems erect, from three to four feet high ; leaves rather long. 

 Panicle diffuse and at length drooping, the very numerous small 

 spikelets ovate-oblong, from three to seven-flowered. Flowering 

 glume truncate-obtuse, strongly seven-nerved ; palea with two teeth 

 at the apex. 



Common on the margin of ponds and in wet meadows. Flowers 

 in Jury. 



This will undoubtedly prove a valuable grass for moist ground, 

 and is said to succeed well on light upland soils also. It is nutri- 

 tious and might be advantageously mixed with other grasses in low 

 lands. 



An analysis of this grass made at the Department of Agriculture, 

 from specimens cut in New Hampshire, gave the following percent- 

 ages. Ash 6.80, fat 2.91, nitrogen-free extract 60.01, crude fiber 

 21.97, albuminoids 8.31. 



31. GLYCERIA PALLIDA, Trinius. 

 Gly-ce'-ri-a pal'-li-da. 



Common Name. Pale Manna-Grass. 



Stems slender, from one to three feet high, ascending from a 

 creeping base in shallow water ; leaves short, sharp-pointed and 

 pale. Branches of the rather simple diffuse panicle erect, spread- 

 ing and rough ; spikelets few, from five to nine-flowered and pale ; 

 flowering glume minutely five-toothed, the palea lance-shaped, con- 

 spicuously two-toothed. 



This common species flowers in July. The seeds are gathered in 

 Holland as an article of food. 



