POA TRIVIALIS. 



ROUGH- STALKED MEADOW GRASS. 



Eootstock perennial, somewhat creeping, but not 

 stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, rough and 

 slender. Leaves flat, narrow, acute, and rough; 

 sheath rough and equal to its leaf; ligule long and 

 pointed. Panicle loose, spreading and pyramidal in 

 shape. Spikelets three- to five-flowered, compressed. 

 Empty glumes webbed, lanceolate, and nearly equal. 

 Flowering glumes keeled and acute. Palea short and 

 slightly fringed. Flowers June to end of -July. Grows 

 in meadows and pastures throughout Europe, Siberia, 

 North Africa, and North America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water . 

 * Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 f Soluble mineral matter 

 fflnsoluble mineral matter 

 Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hy 



ilrates, etc. 



* Containing Nitrogen '14 



** Containing Nitrogen '24 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -38 



Nou-albuminoid Nitrogen -13 



Total Nitrogen -51 



t Containing Silica '15 



tt Containing Silica 1-40 



■25 

 •43 



•68 

 •24 



•92 



•27 

 2^44 



160 



