AYENA FLAVESCENS. 



YELLOW OAT GRASS. 



Eootstock perennial, creeping, and somewhat sto- 

 loniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, glabrous, and 

 striated. Leaves flat; sheath slightly hairy; ligule 

 truncate and ciliated. Panicle spreading, with many 

 branches, broad at the base and pointed at the sum- 

 mit. Spikelets three- or four-flowered, small, shining, 

 and of a bright yellow colour. Empty glumes unequal, 

 keeled, and rough. Flowering glumes hairy at the 

 base and toothed at summit, with slender twisted awn 

 springing from below the middle of the back. Palea 

 narrow, short, and blunt. Flowers June, July, and 

 August. Grows in dry pastures throughout Europe, 

 North Africa, and Asia. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fata. 



Water . 63-11 — 



Soluble albuminoids . . . — — 



*Insoluble albuminoids . 1'50 4-06 



Digestible fibre . . ... 11-95 32-39 



Woody fibre . 14-05 38-09 



f Soluble mineral matter ... . 1-04 2-81 



•fflnsoluble mineral matter .... I'll 3-01 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 7-24 19-64 



100-00 100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen -24 -65 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -14 '38 



Total Nitrogen -38 1-U3 



t Containing Silica -13 *3.'j 



tt Containing Silica . -75 2-03 



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