POA NEMORALIS SEMPERYIRENS. 



EVER&REEH MEADOW GRA.S3. 



Eootstock perennial, slightly creeping, but not 

 stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 3 feet, erect, smooth. 

 Leaves narrow, pointed, rough on the surface and 

 outer edges ; sheath smooth ; ligule none or \:ery 

 minute. Panicle diffuse, slender, and nodding. Spike- 

 lets lanceolate, compressed. Empty glumes acute, 

 nearly equal, sometimes slightly webbed. Flowering 

 glumes rather larger, lanceolate, with three hairy ribs. 

 Palea with nerves slightly fiinged. Flowers June and 

 July. Grows in woods and shady places throughout 

 Europe, Northern Asia, and North America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 



* Soluble albuminoids 

 ** Insoluble albuminoids 



Digestible fibre ..... 



Woody fibre ...... 



f Soluble mineral matter .... 



If Insoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. 



* Coutaining Kitrosen 

 ^^ Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



. 35-92 



1-08 



2-69 



17-48 



27-65 



2-65 



2-25 



10-28 



t Containing Silica 

 tt Containing Silica 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



•17 

 •43 



•60 

 •26 



•78 

 1-73 



Dried at 

 212° Fahr. 



1-69 



4-19 



27-28 



43 15 



414 



3-51 



16-04 



100-00 100-00 



162 



