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downs, and by the margin of woods; it may be ranked with the Glaucous, and Sea-gree^ 

 Meadow grasses (Poa glauca et Poa ccesia). Among the grasses not natives of Great Britain, 

 that have been brought under observation in the course of these details, two species only \^^^ 

 offered proofs of fitness for the purpose of permanent pasture, on soils of the best quality. 



d meadow-grass (Poa nervata), and fertile meadow-grass (Poafertilis); the superior merits 

 of these, over many other grasses, have already been considered. 



It flowers in the third week of June, and the seed is ripe about the second week of July. 



nerve 



Vicia sepimn. Bush Vetcho 



Specific character: Legumes pedicelled, mostly four together, erect, smooth; leaflets ovate, 

 obtuse, the outer ones smaller. 



0Z>5.— Stems climbing by tendrils, from one to two feet high, according to its place of 

 growth, grooved. Leaves many paired, terminated by a branching tendril. Leaflets 

 ovate, obtuse, sometimes emarginate, somewhat hairy, the outer ones gradually smaller. 

 Flowers commonly in fours, on very short pedicels, all directed one way, dark blue^ pur- 

 ple. Legume or pod, neai^ly erect, brown, dotted, smooth. Seeds globular, even. Flo. 

 Brit.; E. Bot. 1515; Flo. Dan. 699; Wither, Arr. ed. 4, p. Q<iS; Bath Soc. Pap. v. ii. 



p, 49. 



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A 



Native of Britain. Root Perennial. 



Experiments. — ^The produce on the sixteenth of April from a brown sandy loam, wltli 



manure, as 



dr. qr. 



oz. 



87120 



3 

 6 



4083 12 



Grass, 8 oz. The produce per acre . f- 

 5'4 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 

 The produce of the space, ditto 



At the time of flowering, the produce is, 

 Grass, 26 oz. The produce per acre ^ - - - -. - 283140 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 



lbs. 



5445 



^55 3 12 







17696 4 



20 

 104 



3 2 



- 22 3 



The produce of the space, ditto 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is, 

 Grass, 30 oz. The produce per acre 

 80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 

 The produce of the space, ditto 

 The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



70785 



4424 4 



- 15484 3 



13272 

 967 12 3 



326700 



22 

 132 



89842 8 



The produce of the space, ditto 



4 

 30 



20418 12 



20418 12 

 5615 2 8 



14803 9 8 

 1276 2 12 



The weight of nutritive matter, in M^h the crop at the time the seed is ripe exceeds that at 

 the time of flowering, is - . ^ ^ 



The produce of latter-math is, 

 Grass, 10 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



308 6 9 



3 1 



108900 

 5530 1 



6806 4 

 345 10 1 



4. 



