ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM. 



SWEBT-SOEKTED VBRKTAL. 



Eoots fibrous, rootstock perennial. Stems 1 to 2 feet, 

 tufted, erect, glabrous, and with few joints. Leaves 

 hairy, flat and pointed ; sheath ribbed and slightly 

 hairy ; ligule hairy. Panicle spike-like, pointed at sum- 

 mit, uneven below. Spikelets one-flowered, lanceolate. 

 Empty glumes in two pairs; outer two much larger 

 than the flowering glumes, unequal, hairy at the keels 

 and pointed at the ends, awnless ; second pair shorter 

 and narrower than first pair, equal ; also hairy and 

 both awned, one with short straight awn inserted at 

 the back near the summit, the other with long bent awn 

 inserted at the centre of the back. Flowering glumes 

 small, glabrous, and awnless. Palea adherent to the 

 seed. Stamens two. Anthers large. Flowers April and 

 May. Grows in fields, woods, and on banks through- 

 out Europe, Siberia, and North Africa. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



. 61-84 



•69 



1-31 



14-43 



Water .... 

 * Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids . 

 Digestible fibre 



Woody fibre 14-56 



f Soluble mineral matter .... 1-76 



f finsoluble mineral matter . . -83 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &e. 4-58 



100-00 



Dried at 

 212° Fahr. 



1-81 



3-44 



37-81 



38-15 



4-61 



2-18 



12-00 



100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen 

 ** Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 

 tt Containing Silica 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



134 



