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NORTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



POA NEBVATA. (Fig. 13.) MEADOW SPEAK GKASS FOWL, 

 MEADOW OF SOME FARMERS. NERVED 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' 

 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,. 



