\ 



170 



on 



r 



dry 



This grass 



Willow 



le year. 



produc- 



of the 



will 



It flowers about the beginning and middle of August, and the seed is ripe towards the mid- 



dle and latter end of September. 



Nardus 



Upright Matt 





ifi 



E. Bot. 290. 



Qls, — Culm with a single joint near its base, and one bristle-like leaf. Root-leaves long, 

 thread-shaped. Florets all pointing one way; before flowering, pressed close to the spike- 

 stalk, which has small excavations to receive the florets, afterwards spreading out. The 

 culm is twice the length, at the time the seed is ripe, of what it is at the time of flower- 

 ing. "Root fixed firmly in the ground, on account of its tenacious fibres, which take a 

 flexuose direction. On precipices, therefore, its dense tufts of leaves, though dangerous to 

 the footing, afibrd to the hand of the Botanist or Naturalist, the best security from the dan- 

 ger of falling. " Gramen invisum naturae alpestris scrutatoribus, quod vias lubricas 

 reddat; sed quod densis cespitibus crescat, firmiterque terr^ inhaereat, saepe etiam gratissi- 

 mum in praecipitiis, quod profundissime ad radicem manu prehensum impediat lapsum." 

 Schrank, in Prim, FL Salisb, p. 37. 



Native of Britain. Root fibi'ous. Perennial. 



Experiments, — At the time of flowering, the produce from a heath soil, is. 



dr. qr. 



GrasSj 10 oz. The produce per acre 



80 dr. of grass weigh when dry - - 30 



f 



The produce of the space, ditto - - 60 



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, 



Gmss, 9 oz. The produce per acre 



80 dr. of grass weigh when dry 



The produce of the space, ditto 



2 

 



32 



57 ^r 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in dryin 



2 



/. 





OZ. 



108900 



40S37 8 



3403 2 



98010 



39204 



3445 10 



lbs. 



6806 4 



2b52 5 8 



4253 14 8 



212 11 2 



6125 10 



2450 4 



215 5 10 



3675 6 



The latter-math produce of this grass is very small. It is common to heaths, and by the 

 margin of bogs, but is never found in the bogs themselves, as it affects a dry soil. Its produce 

 and nutritive qualities, as shewn in the above details, rank it with the most inferior grasses, 

 especially as the foliage is extremely harsh or wiry. I never could observe that any part of the 

 plant was eaten by cattle, or hares, though this circumstance proves little or nothing in gene- 

 ral regarding the merits of a gra^sj neverthel 



ess^ in such instances as the present, where there 



