ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM. 



SWEET-SOENTBD VERNAL. 



Seed op 



anthoxanthum odoratum. 



(Sireetscented Vernal,) 



Eoots fibrous, rootstock perennial. Stems 1 to 2 feet, 

 tufted, erect, glabrous, and with few joints. Leaves 

 hairy, flat and pointed ; sheath 

 ribbed and slightly hairy ; 

 ligule hairy. Panicle spike- 

 like, pointed at summit, un- 

 even below. Spikelets one- 

 flowered, lanceolate. Empty 

 glumes in two pairs ; outer two 

 much larger than the flowering 

 glumes, unequal, hairy at the 

 keels and pointed at the ends, 

 awnless; second pair shorter 

 and narrower than first pair, 

 equal; also hairy and both 

 awned, one with short straight 

 awn inserted at the back near 

 the summit, the other with long 

 bent awn inserted at the centre 

 of the back. Flowering glumes 

 small, glabrous, and awnless. Palea adherent to the 

 seed. Stamens two. Anthers large. Flowers April 

 and May. Grows in fields, woods, and on banks 

 throughout Europe, Siberia, and North Africa. 



"With and without the chaff. 

 Magnified 12 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water . 

 "Soluble albuminoida 

 **Insoluble albuminoids 

 Digestible fibre 

 Woody fibre . 

 f Soluble mineral matter 

 ■ff Insoluble mineral matter 



Cblorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



61-84 



•69 



1-31 



14-43 



14-56 



1-76 



•83 



4-58 



Dried at 

 212" Pahr. 



1-81 



3-44 



37-81 



38-15 



4-61 



2-18 



12-00 



10000 100-00 



• Containing Nitrogen .Jl .gg 



•* Containing Nitrogen -21 .55 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -32 .34 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -so -55 



Total Nitrogen -52 i/39 



t Containing Silica .38 .99 



ft Containing Silica , .44 j.^g 



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