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POA PRATENSIS. 



SMOOTH-STALKED MBADO"W GRASS. 



Seed op 

 poa pratensis. 



(^Smooth-Stalked Meadow Grass.) 



Rootstock perennial, creeping, and stoloniferous. 



Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, smooth, and rather stout. 



Leaves flat, rather broad and 

 slightly concave at the tip ; 

 sheath smooth and longer 

 than its leaf ; hgule short 

 and blunt. Panicle loose, 

 spreading,' and pyramidal in 

 shape. Spikelets three- to 

 five - flowered, compressed. 

 Empty glumes much webbed, 

 lanceolate, almost equal. 

 Flowering glumes larger, 

 webbed, keeled, and acute. 

 Palea short. Flowers June 

 and early in July. Grows in 



meadows and pastures throughout Europe, Siberia, 



North Africa, and North Am.erica. 



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Front and side views magnified 

 15 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 



Soluble albuminoids 

 *Insoluble albuminoids 



Digestible fibre 



Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter . 

 fflnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c, 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 312° Fahr. 



. 65-81 — 



*Containing Nitrogen . 

 Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



fContaining SUica 

 tJOontaining Silica 



1-81 

 9-29 

 15-24 

 1-11 

 1-42 

 , 5^32 



100-00 100-00 



Total Nitrogen 



■39 

 •l.j 



■40 

 1^13 



5-31 



27-17 



44-57 



3-24 



4-13 



15-58 



■44 

 1-29 



1^17 

 3-29 



