120 RIB GRASS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



EIB GRASS. 



Plantago Lanceolata Specific Character. 



Natural o^der, 62, (Plaintain Family) Genus 1. 

 Mostly hairy ; scape grooved angled, at length much 

 longer than the lanceolate or lance, oblong leaves, 

 slender (9 in, to 2 ft. high, root perrenniel. Gray. 



The rib grass produces its foliage at an early 

 period of the season, when it is eaten by cattle, sheep 

 and horses, on which account its mixture with grasses 

 on dry pastures has been much recommended and 

 practiced. In England and Wales it has been fre- 

 quently sown without admixture, and produced con- 

 siderable herbage on rich sands and loams, and on 

 poorer and drier soils answers well for sheep ; being 

 much used on the hills of Wales, where its roots 

 spread and occasion a degree of fertility in districts 

 which would otherwise be little better than bare 

 rock. 



Rib grass, Ripple grass, English Plaintain v by all 

 of which names this grass is called, is so well-known 

 in this country, that further description of it is un- 

 necessary. 



CHAPTER XX. 



YARROW. 



AcTiillea Millefolium Specific Character. 



Natural order 53. (Composite Family) Genus 53. 

 (Common Yarrow or Milfoil). Stems.simple; leaves 



