Seed of 



agrostis alba— 



var. stolonifera. 



iFioriUy or Creeping Bent 0?'ass.) 



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AGROSTIS ALBA-YAR. STOLONIFERA. 



FIOBIH, OB, OREEPIHa BENT GBASS, 



Eoots creeping, rootstock perennial and stoloni- 

 ferous. Stems 6 inches to 3 feet. Leaves numer- 

 ous, flat, and usually scabrid ; 

 sheath rough ; Ugule long and 

 acute. Panicle spreading, with 

 whorled branches. Spikelets 

 one-flowered, small. Empty 

 glumes larger than flowering 

 glumes, imequal, smooth, and 

 awnless. Flowering glumes 

 slightly hairy at the base, with 

 occasionally a minute awn. 

 Palea minute and cloven at 

 the point. Flowers from July 

 to September. Grows in pas- 

 tures and damp places through- 

 out Europe, Siberia, North Africa, and North 

 America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



Water 67-22 



♦Soluble albuminoida '06 



**Insoluble albuminoids I'H 



Digestible fibre 10-14 



Woody fibre 13-30 



f Soluble mineral matter 1-85 



ff Insoluble mineral matter .... "98 



Cblorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 5-01 



With and without the chaff. 

 Magaiflcd 16 diameters. 



Dried at 

 212° Fahr. 



•19 



4-37 



80-93 



40-57 



5-64 



2-98 



15-32 



100-00 100-00 



Containing Nitrogen 

 ' Containing Nitrogen 



Non.albuminoid Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 

 ft Containing Silica 



•01 

 •23 



•24 

 ■19 

 •43 



•17 



•03 

 •70 



•73 

 •58 



1-81 

 •51 



140 



