CHAP. IV. 



HERBAGE OP MEADOWS. 



8. Poa pratensis, L. 



9. Poa trivialis . 



10. Dactylis glomerata, L. 



11. Festuca ovina, L. . 



12. Lolium perenne, L. . 



Smooth-stalked meadow grass 

 Rough-stalked meadow grass 

 Rough cocksfoot 

 Sheep's fescue 

 Perennial rye grass 



13. Briza media, L. 



14. Cynosurus cristatus, L. 



15. Festuea pratensis, Huds. 



16. Bromns mollis, L. 



Common quaking grass 

 Dogstail 

 Meadow fescue 

 Soft brome 



17. Phleum pratense, L. 



18. Aira caespitosa, L. 



] 9. Festuca elatior, L. . 



20. Festuca loliacea, Huds. 



Timothy grass 

 Tufted hair grass 



Tall fescue 

 Rye-leaved fescue 



Of the foregoing species the first twelve are of common occurrence 

 upon all the plots. Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, though very general, do not 

 invariably occur upon each plot. Nos. 17 and 18 do not appear upon 

 one-half, and in some years not upon one-fourth, of the plots. The 

 last two species are extremely rare. 



Of Leguminosse, whilst ten species have been identified, there are 

 only four of common occurrence upon the plots. These are : 



Trifolium repens, L. 

 Trifolium pratense, L. 

 Lotus corniculatus, L. 

 Lathy rus pratensis, L. 



Leguminoxoc. 



White or Dutch clover 

 Purple or meadow clover 

 . Common birdsfoot trefoil 

 . . Yellow or meadow vetchjing 



Of miscellaneous species as many as fifty-nine have been recorded. 

 Below are mentioned those which commonly occur on more than half 

 the plots, and they are arranged in the order of the frequency of their 

 occurrence, each species indicated being more often recorded than 

 any of those named after it. The upwards of forty remaining mis- 

 cellaneous species are of decidedly rare and uncertain occurrence. 



Miscellaneous Species mostly " Weeds." 



Common Name. 



llumex Acetosa, L. 

 Conopodium denudatum, Koch., or 

 Bunium flexuosum, With. . . . 

 Achillea Millefolium, L. 

 Pimpiuella Saxifraga, L. . . 

 Luzula campestris, Willd. 

 Ranunculus ncris, L. . . . 

 Ranuiiculn 11 bulbosus, L. 

 Centaurea nigra, L. . . . 

 Cerastiur, triviale, L. . 

 Galium verum, L. . . . . 

 Stellaria graininea, L. . 

 Plantago lanceolata, L. . . 

 Veronica Chamaedrys, L. 

 Taraxacum officinale, Wigg. . . 

 Carex praecox, Jacq. 

 Heracleum Sphondylium, L. . . 



Botanical Name. 

 Sorrel 



Earth nut 



Milfoil or yarrow 



Burnet saxifrage 



Field woodrush 



Upright buttercup 



Bulbous crowfoot, or buttercup 



Black knapweed .... 



Mouse-ear chickweed 



Yellow bed-straw, or cheese-rennet 



Lesser stitchwort 



Ribwort, ribgrass, or plantain 



Germander speedwell 



Dandelion ..... 



Vernal sedge .... 



Cow-parsnip .... 



Natural Order 

 Polygonace;e 



Umbelliferse 



Composite 



Umbelliferaj 



Juncacese 



Rammculaceae 



Ranunculaceae 



Composite 



Caryophyllaceae 



Rubiaceae 



Caryophyllaceae 



Plantagineae 



Scrophularineae 



Composite 



Cyperaceae 



Umbelliferae 



