POA T'RIYIALIS. 



ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW" GEA8S. 



Eootstoek perennial, somewhat creeping, but not 

 stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, rough and 

 slender. Leaves flat, narrow, acute, and rough ; 

 sheath rough and equal to its leaf; ligule long and 

 pointed. Panicle loose, spreading and pyramidal in 

 shape. Spikelets three- to five-flowered, compressed. 

 Empty glumes webbed, lanceolate, and nearly equal. 

 Flowering glumes keeled and acute. Palea short and 

 slightly fringed. Flowers June to end of July. Grows 

 in meadows and pastures thi-oughout Europe, Siberia, 

 North Africa, and North America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass iu Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Palir. 



Water 42-50 — 



*Soluble albuminoids -92 1-56 



**InsoIuble albuminoids 1-50 2-69 



Digestible fibre 18-45 32-00 



Woody fibre 20-31 35-32 



fSoIuble mineral matter 2-24 3-90 



fflnsoluble mineral matter .... 1-58 2-75 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 12-50 21-78 



100-00 100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen -H 



** Containing Nitrogen ....!'.'. -24 



Albnminoirl Nitrogen -38 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -13 



Total Nitrogen -51 



t Containing Silica -15 



ft Containing Silica [ 1-40 



160 



