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fig. 15) is a very early species, with a somewhat lax 

 spike of flowers, which usually become of a bright 



15. The Sweet Vern;il Grass, 



Fig. 16. The Crested Docstail. 



straw-colour by the time the hayfield is ripe for the 

 scythe. It does not yield much bulk, but its grateful 

 bitter when fresh, and the peculiarly sweet hayfield 

 odour which it yields on drying, would seem to make 

 this grass of importance, from the flavour which it 

 imparts to the produce of the field ; indeed so much 

 so, that much of the value of natural meadow hay 

 over that of artificial pasture may be traced to the 

 presence of this grass. 



The Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatu*, fig. 10) 



