ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM. 



SWEET-SCENTED VERNAL. 



Roots fibrous, rootstock perennial. Stems 1 to 2 feet, 

 tufted, erect, glabrous, and with few joints. Leaves 

 hairy, flat and pointed ; sheath ribbed and slightly 

 hairy ; ligule hairy. Panicle spike-like, pointed at sum- 

 mit, uneven below. Spikelets one-flowered, lanceolate. 

 Empty glumes in two pairs; outer two much larger 

 than the flowering glumes, unecpial, hairy at the keels 

 and pointed at the ends, awnless ; second j^air shorter 

 and narrower than first pair, equal ; also hairy and 

 both awned, one with short straight awn inserted at 

 the back near the summit, the other with long bent awn 

 inserted at the centre of the back. Flowering glumes 

 snuiU, glabrous, and awnless., Palea adherent to the 

 seed. Stamens two. Anthers large. Flowers April and 

 May, Grows in fields, woods, and on banks through- 

 out Europe, Siberia, and North Africa. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water .... 

 *Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoliiblc albuminoids . 

 Dif^estible fibre 

 Woody iibre . 

 fSolulile mineral matter 

 tflnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, solub'e carbo-hydrates, \c 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



61-84 



•69 



1-31 



14-43 



14-56 



1-76 



•83 



4-58 



* Containing' Nitrogen 



** Containing Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 



tt Containing Silica .......'. 



100-00 



-11 

 -21 



•32 

 •SO 



•52 



•38 

 -44 



Dried at 

 212° Fahr. 



1-81 



3-44 



37-81 



38-15 



4-61 



2-18 



12-00 



100-00 



-29 

 •55 



•84 

 •55 



•99 

 1-15 



134 



