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SEED OF 



POA NEMORALIS. 



(Wood Meadow Grass. ') 



POA XEMORALIS. 



WOOD MEADOW GRASS. 



Rootstock perennial, slightly creeping, but not 



stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 3 feet, erect, smootli. 



Leaves narrow, pointed, rough 



on the surface and outer edges ; 



j sheath smooth ; ligule none or 



^d^."^ very minute. Panicle difiuse, 



slender, and nodding. Spikelets 



lanceolate, compressed. Empty 



glumes acute, nearly equal, 



sometimes sUghtly webbed. 



Flowering glumes rather larger, 



lanceolate, with three hairy 



ribs. Palea with nerves slightly 



fringed. Flowers June and July. Grows in woods and 



shady places throughout Europe and Northern Asia. 



ANALYSIS. 



Pront and side views niagnified 

 12 diameters. 



Grass in Dried at 



Xatural State. 212° Fahl. 



. 35-92 — 



Water 



*Soluble albuminoids 1-08 1-69 



**Insoluble albuminoids 2-69 419 



Digestible fibre 17-48 27-28 



Woody fibre 27-65 43-15 



tSoluble mineral matter 2-65 4-14 



■f-j-Insoluble mineral matter .... 2-25 3-51 



CMoropbyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 10-28 16-04 



100-00 10000 



^Containing Nitrogen . 

 **Containing Nitrogen . 



iSTon-albmninoid Nitrogen , 



fContaining Silica 

 tfContaining Silica 



Albxuninoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



•17 

 ■43 



•60 



•26 



•86 



•78 

 1^73 



■27 

 •67 



•94 

 •41 



lib 



1-22 



x i 



