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FESTUCA OVINA TENUIFOLIA. 



FINE-LEAVED SHEEP'S FESCUE. 



Seed of 

 festuca ovina tenuifolia, 



(Fine-leaved Sheep's Fescue.'} 



Rootstock perennial, tufted. Stems 6 to 12 inches, 

 erect, and densely tufted, rough at the upper part and 

 smooth below. Leaves very 

 slender, chiefly radical, upper 

 ones rolled ; sheath smooth ; 

 ligule long and bilobed. 

 Panicle small, erect, contracted, 

 and subsecund. Spikelets many- 

 flowered, small, upright. 

 Empty glumes shorter than 

 flowering glumes, unequal and 

 acute. Flowering glumes small, 

 with minute awn. Palea toothed, 

 with hairy nerves. Flowers 

 June and July. Grows in dry, 

 hilly pastures throughout Europe, Siberia, North 

 Africa, North America, and Australia. 



Front and side views magnified 

 15 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grrass in 



Water 



♦Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 



fSoluble mineral matter 1'59 



tflnsoluble mineral matter . . . . 1'72 

 Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. . 6-44 



Natural State. 



. 55-62 



. 1-06 



1-54 



16-72 



15-31 



*Containing Nitrogen . 

 ••Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



tContaining Silica . 

 tfContaining Silica . 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



■17 

 •24 



■41 

 ■23 



■69 

 1^46 



Dried at 

 212° Palir. 



2-44 



3-37 



37-77 



34-49 



3-60 



3-88 



14-45 



100-00 10000 



■39 

 ■54 



■64 

 1^47 



1^58 

 3^26 



