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POA TRIVIALIS. 



ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW GRASS. 



Rootstock perennial, somewhat creeping, but not 



stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, rough and 



slender. Leaves flat, narrow. 



Seed of 



POA TRIVIALIS. acute, and rough ; sheath rough 



(Rough-stalked Meadou 



■) 



, and equal to its leaf ; ligule 

 Natural long and pointed. Panicle 



size. ^ ■*- 



loose, spreading, and pyrami- 

 dal in shape. Spikelets three- 

 to five - flowered, compressed. 

 Empty glumes webbed, lanceo- 

 late, and nearly equal. Flower- 

 ing glumes keeled and acute. 

 Palea short and slightly fringed. 

 Flowers June to end of July. 

 Grows in meadows and pastures throughout Europe, 

 Siberia, North Africa, and North America. 

 ANALYSIS. 



Water 



*SoIuble albuminoids 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 fSoluble mineral matter 

 If Insoluble mineral matter 



Chloropbyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. 



Front and side views magnified 

 15 diameters. 



100-00 100-00 



^Containing Nitrogen . 

 **Containing Nitrogen . 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen . 



f Containing Silica . 

 ■ftOontaining Silica . 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



■U 

 •24 



•38 

 •13 



•15 



1-40 



•24 

 •92 



•27 

 2^44 



N 



