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DACTYLIS GLOMERATA. 



ROUGH COCKSFOOT. 



Eoots fibrous, rootstock perennial. Stems 2 to 3 



feet, erect, stout, and smootli. Leaves broad, keeled, 



and rough ; sbeatb scabrid ; 



SEE]) OF ' ligule long. Panicle secund, 



"^TClc^Zir- ^P-^^-g below, close and 



yr pointed above. Spikelets three- 



Jl £ to five-flowered, laterally com- 



iM m i pressed, and closely clustered at 



'5^, Ji the end of the branches. Empty 



jifipu m&i Natural ^ ^ 



i*Wk jHIl ^'^^- glumes smaller than flowering 



\^''H J^Hi glumes, unequal, keeled, and 



ro^'ii 1 PtIB hairy on upper part of the keel, 



llS'jIi IlfiPlll pointed at summit. Flowering 



ll'v. if 11 llllill glumes with hairy keel, pointed, 



V^lw liilif ^^^ ending in a short awn. 



NJSIf ^mF Palea bifid at summit, and 



■^^ ^if fringed at base. Flowers June 



I-rontandsaevtewsmagnifled ^^^ j^^^ Q^.^^^ ^^ pasturCS, 



woods, orchards, and waste 

 places throughout Europe, North Africa, North India, 

 and Siberia. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Pahr. 



Water 60-74 — 



*Soluble albuminoids . . . . '25 '62 



**Insoluble albuminoids 1-50 3'81 



Digestible fibre . . . . 11-30 28-78 



Woody fibre 16-24 41-36 



fSoluble mineral matter 2-04 5-19 



fflnsoluble mineral matter .... -91 2-32 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. . 7-02 17-92 



100-00 100-00 



^Containing Nitrogen . . . -04 -10 



*'^Containing Nitrogen . -24 -61 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -28 -71 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen . . -18 -46 



Total Nitrogen -46 1-17 



tContaining Silica ... -35 -89 



ttOontaining Silica .... -51 1-29 



