206 



L 



lin says the character is variable. The Secale prostrafiim is a-kin to this h t li 

 root and a branched stem. E. Bot. — ^The Triticum cristatum of Host as-re >Ti l^ 

 and the upper surface of the leaves are hairy. Host. ii. t. 24, Triticum cristatum ""^^^ 

 prostratum? Jacqnin. 



Native of Scotland. Root perennial. 



Experiments. — ^At the time of flov\^ering, the produce from a clayey loam is 



'Secak 



dr. qr. 



S2 

 83 



Grass, 13 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 dn of grass afford of nutritive matter 



The produce of the space, ditto 



02. lbs. 



141570 = 8848 







56628 



3539 4 



2 2 

 - 8 OtV 



o308 14 



5530 1 



345 10 1 



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



h «l 



Grass, 12 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 



34 

 81 2f 



130680 

 o55S9 



2 1 

 6 3 



4594 3 



The produce of the space, ditto 



The weight of nutritive matter which is lost by leaving the crop till the seed be ripe, is 



The produce of latter-math is. 

 Grass, 4 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



8167 8 

 3458 11 

 4708 13 



255 11 3 



^9 14 14 



2 



43560 

 1361 4 



2722 8 

 85 1 4 



-fl 



4 



The grass, at the time of flowering, contains more nutritive matter than the grass at the 

 time the seed is ripe, in the proportion of 10 to 9 ; and the grass of the latter-math is superior 

 to that at the time of flowering as 5 to 4; and to the grass, at the time the seed is ripe, in the 

 proportion of 9 to 8. 



Wh 



produce of early herbage in the spring 



The 



^ 



Festuca ovina, Aira ccespitosa, and indeed to any of the Alpine grasses, or those which afi"ect sandy 



Whe 



^^ ^ T.^^v^i^ kJV/XAVlO KJLy V^I^XXXJLO^ CiX J U. Lll^ ±ClL t^X -ilia tl-l- 



consists chiefly of these; and in point of nutritive powers, the latter-math is in consequence 

 nearly equal to the grass of the flowering crop. It ripens a sufiiciency of seed, which vegetates 

 freely when sown on hght soils. Its comparative merits, as a grass for heath soils, are very 

 considerable, as will appear on a comparison of their habits, produce, and nutritive qualities, 

 mentioned m the foregoing details. I 



It flowers about the second week of July, and the seed is ripe about the end of August. 



\ 



Phalaris phleoides. Cat 



Caiiary-g 



Phleiim Boehmeriy panicled cat's-tail grass. Fl P 



Phleum ghbrum. Bernh. Erford, p. 38 -piJ 77 w ir ^ n kc* 



^^ ' F- *:>o. — ±^hieum phakroides. Koel. Gram. p. 52. 



bpecz/ic character; Panicle like a snike rxrlir.^ - 1 i 1 r ^ i u a 



\ ^puie, cyimclncal; husks of the calyx spear-shaped, 



rather mucronate, roughish. 



