FESTUCA DURIDSCULA. 



HARD FESCUE. 



Eootstock perennial, slightly creeping. Stems 1 to 

 2 feet, erect, and tufted, but less so than in F. ovina. 

 Stem-leaves flat, lanceolate, and striated ; sheath 

 downy ; ligule long. Panicle erect and spreading. 

 Spikelets many-flowered, and larger than in F. ovina. 

 Empty glumes lanceolate and unequal. Flowering 

 glumes narrow, with a short awn. Palea toothed, 

 with hairy nerves. Flowers June and July. Grows in 

 damp, hilly places throughout Europe, North Africa, 

 Siberia, North America, and Australia. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 

 * Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 j- Soluble mineral matter 

 ff Insoluble mineral matter 

 Chlorophyll, soluble car' 



•bo-hydrates, &c 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



61-98 



•17 



1-50 



6-53 



■23^19 



1^52 



•86 



4^25 



Dried at 

 212° Falir. 



■44 



3^94 

 17-18 

 60-99 



4^01 



2-26 

 11-18 



100-00 100-00 



- » Containing Nitrogen .... . . 



»* Containing Nitrogen . 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 



tt Containing Silica . 



•03 

 -24 

 -27 

 -U 



-38 

 ■it 



•07 

 •63 

 ■70 

 •29 



150 



