ANNUAL MEADOW GRASS. 



Being an annual, this cannot occur in old pasture, xn. 6, 7 . 

 It may, however, be found in lowland pastures, 

 occupying ground which has recently been bare. 

 Search for thin (soft), hairless, ribless, round-pointed 

 blades, with median lines. Select shoots for ex- 

 amination. 



Near the apex, the edges are not parallel, but xn. 6. 

 convergent. Between the fingers, the blade feels 

 very soft, and often shows transverse wrinkles. 



When held up to the light, the median lines of the 

 blade appear as a pair of yellow bands in a light 

 green ground. A light ground indicates a thin blade. 



The ligule is long, conspicuous, and blunt pointed, xn. 7. 



Summary : 



a. Blade thin and soft, with convergent apical 



edges, and rounded apex. 



b. The median lines appear, by transmitted light, 



as yellow bands in a light green ground. 



c. The ligule is conspicuous. 



ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW GRASS. 



The blade is quite thin and soft. It commences xn. 9. 

 to taper at the very base, and continues to do so till 

 the acute point is formed at the apex. The 

 lower surface is always shining. This is sometimes 

 the case with smooth-stalked meadow grass, but very 

 rarely with the annual species. When examined by 

 transmitted light, the appearance is similar to that 

 presented by annual meadow grass. 



The sheath has a pair of acute edges. The v. 5. 

 other species have flat sheaths with rounded edges. 



