AVENA FLAVESCENS. 



YELIiOW OAT GRASS. 



Rootstock perennial, creeping, and somewhat sto- 

 loniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, glabrous, and 

 striated. Leaves flat; slieath slightly hairy; lignle 

 truncate and ciliated. Panicle spreading, with many 

 branches, broad at the base and pointed at the sum- 

 mit. Spikelets three- or four-flowered, smaU, shining, 

 and of a bright yehow colour. Empty glumes unequal, 

 keeled, and rough. Flowering glumes hairy at the 

 base and toothed at summit, with slender twisted awn 

 springing from below the middle of the back. Palea 

 narrow, short, and blunt. Flowers June, July, and 

 August. Grows in dry pastures throughout Europe, 

 North Africa, and Asia. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water . 



Soluble albuminoids 

 *Insoluble albuminoids 



Digestible tibie 



Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter 

 j-flnsoluble mineral matter 



Chloroi)hyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c 



Grass in 

 Kixtural State. 



63-11 



1-50 

 11-95 

 14-05 

 1-04 

 1-11 

 7-24 



100-00 



Dried at 

 212° Fahi: 



4-06 



32-39 



38-09 



2-81 



3-01 



19-64 



100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen 



Kon-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Total Nitrogen 



+ Containing Silica 



tt Coutaiuiug Silica 



•24 



■a 



■;38 



•13 

 •75 



•65 

 •38 



1^03 



•35 

 2^03 



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