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ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS. 



MEADOW FOXTAIL. 



Seed op 



alopecurus pratensis 



(^Meadow Foxtail.) 



Roots fibrous, rootstock perennial. Stems 1 to 3 

 feet, erect and smooth. Leaves flat and broad ; sheath 

 smooth and longer than its leaf ; 

 ligule large and truncate. Panicle 

 spike-Uke, cylindrical, and obtuse. 

 Spikelets one-flowered, and later- 

 ally compressed. Empty glumes 

 larger than flowering glumes, hairy 

 on the keel, awnless. Flowering 

 glumes with straight awn inserted 

 at the middle of the back. Palea 

 none. Flowers from the middle of 

 April to June. Grows in meadows 

 and pastures throughout Europe, North Africa, Siberia, 

 and North-western India. 



Magnified 10 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 



*Soluble albuminoids 

 **InsoIuble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter . 

 f flnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. 



^Containing Nitrogen 

 **Oontaining Nitrogen . 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



tContaining Silica . 

 ttOontaining Silica . 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



. 55-58 

 ■50 

 2-56 

 U-22 

 16-42 

 2-58 

 -94, 

 7-20 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



•08 

 ■41 



•37 

 •52 



Dried at 

 212° Pahr. 



1-13 



5-75 

 32-01 

 36-96 



5-81 



2-11 

 16-23 



100-00 100-00 



1^10 

 •67 



