CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS. 



CRESTED DOGBTAIIi. 



Eootstock perennial, stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 

 2 feet, tufted, erect, smooth, and wiry. Leaves 

 very narrow, ribbed, slightly hairy ; sheath smooth ; 

 ligule short and bifid. Panicle spike-like, sectind. 

 Spikelets many-flowered, ovate, flat, with a barren 

 spikelet consisting of empty glumes arranged in a 

 pectinate manner at the base. Empty glumes sharply 

 pointed, shorter than flowering glumes, unequal, with 

 prominent rough keels. Flowering glumes lanceolate, 

 with a short awn at summit. Palea very thin, slightly 

 ciliated. Flowers July and August. Grows in dry 

 hilly pastures throughout Europe, Western Asia, and 

 North Africa. 



* Containing Nitrogen '24 *86 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen '18 "65 



Total Nitrogen _^ 1-51 



t Containing Silica -19 -68 



ft Containing Silica *39 1"4I 



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