CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS. 



CRESTED DOGSTAIIi. 



Rootstocli perennial, stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 

 2 feet, tufted, erect, smooth, and wiry. Leaves 

 very narrow, ribbed, slightly hairy ; sheath smooth ; 

 lignle short and bifid. Panicle spike-like, secnnd. 

 Spikelets many-flowered, ovate, flat, with a barren 

 spikelet consisting of empty glumes arranged in a 

 pectinate manner at the base. Empty glumes sharply 

 pointed, shorter than flowering glumes, unequal, with 

 prominent rough keels. Flowering glumes lanceolate, 

 with a short awn at summit. Palea very thin, slightly 

 ciliated. Flowers July and August. Grows in dry 

 hilly pastures throughout Europe, AVestern Asia, and 

 North Africa. 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



72-33 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 



Soluble albuminoids ..... — 



*Insoluble albuminoids 1-50 



Digestible fibre 7-91 



Woody fibre 11-34 



fSoluble mineral matter 2-08 



tflnsoluble mineral matter .... -76 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, itc. . 4-08 



100-00 



* Coutaiiiing Kitrogen -M 



Nou-alburuiuoid Nitrogen -18 



Total Nitrogen -42 



t Containing Silica -19 



tt Containing Silica -39 



Dried at 

 212° Falir. 



5-38 



28-59 



40-98 



7-51 



2-74 



14-80 



100-00 



•86 

 •65 



l^ol 



■68 

 1-41 



138 



