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PHLEUM PRATENSE. 



TIMOTHY, OB MEADOW OATSTAIL. 



Rootstock perennial, somewhat creeping. Stems 

 1 to 3 feet, erect and smooth. Leaves short, flat, and 

 soft ; sheath smooth ; ligule 

 PHLEurPR°ATENSE. oblong. Paniclc spike -like, 

 (Tinwthy, or Meadow catsta.il.) Cylindrical, elongate, and com- 

 pact. Spikelets one-flowered, 

 I iterally compressed. Empty 

 iumes larger than flowering 

 ixmies, equal, each with stiff 

 I airs on the keel and a short 

 jabrid terminal awn. Palea 

 linute and pointed. Flower- 

 ig glumes much smaller than 

 ^.-npty glumes, toothed and 

 awnless. Flowers end of June 

 to August. Grows in meadows 

 and pastures throughout Europe, North Africa, Siberia, 

 and Western Asia. 



With and without the chaff. 

 Magnified 15 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 



*Soluble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter . 

 ttlnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



39-99 

 ■25 



2-19 

 12-74 

 31-97 



3-59 



1-26 



8-01 



^Containing Nitrogen 

 **Oontaining Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



tOontaining Silica . 

 tfContaining Silica . 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



•04 

 •36 



•87 



■27 

 •69 



Dried at 

 213° Fahr. 



-43 



3-63 



21-23 



53-27 



5-98 



2-09 



13-37 



100-00 100-00 



•07 

 •68 



•46 

 M5 



