ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS. 



MEADOW FOXTAIL. 



Eoots fibrous, rootstock perennial. Stems 1 to 3 



feet, erect and smooth. Leaves flat and broad ; 



Sued of sheath smooth and longer than 



ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS. ., , j. ,. , , 



(Meadotc Foxtail.-) "s leal ," ligule large and truncate. 

 Panicle spike-like, cylindrical, and 

 obtuse. Spikelets one-flowered, 

 and laterally compressed. Empty 

 size. glumes larger than flowering 

 glumes, hairy on the keel, awn- 

 M'^l^TIB less. Flowering glumes with 



straight awn inserted at the 

 middle of the back. Palea none. 

 Flowers from the middle of April 



Maguified 10 diameters. , r n • j j 



to June. Grrows m meadows and 

 pastures throughout Europe, North Africa, Siberia, 

 and North-western India. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 55-58 — 



•Soluble albuminoids -50 1-13 



**Insoluble albuminoids 2-56 5-75 



Digestible fibre 14-22 32-01 



Woody fibre 16-42 86-96 



f Soluble mineral matter 2-58 5-81 



f-j- Insoluble mineral matter .... -94 2-11 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. . 7-20 16-23 



10000 100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen -08 "18 



** Containing Nitrogen -41 -92 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -49 i-io 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -30 -67 



Total Nitrogen -79 1-77 



t Containing Silica -37 -83 



tt Containing Silica .• . -62 1-17 



142 



