POA NEMORALIS SEMPERVIRENS. 



EVERGREEN MEADOW GRASS. 



Eootstock perennial, slightly creeping, but not 

 stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 3 feet, erect, smooth. 

 Leaves narrow, pointed, rough on the surface and 

 outer edges ; sheath smooth ; ligule none or very 

 minute. Panicle diffuse, slender, and nodding. Spike- 

 lets lanceolate, compressed. Empty glumes acute, 

 nearly equal, sometimes slightly webbed. Flowering 

 glumes rather larger, lanceolate, with three hairy ribs. 

 Palea with nerves slightly fringed. Flowers June and 

 July. Grows in woods and shady places throughout 

 Europe, Northern Asia, and North America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water .... 

 ^Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids . 



Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 f Soluble mineral matter . 

 ff Insoluble niincral matter 



Chloroi^hyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. 



* Containing Kitrogren 



•» Containing Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Kon-albumiuoid Nitrogen .... 



Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Sil iea 



tt Containing Silica 



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