AYENA FLAVESCENS. 



YELLOW OAT GRASS. 



Seed of 



avena flavescens. 



{YellwD Oat Grass.) 



Eootstock perennial, creeping, and somewhat sto- 

 loniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, glabrous, and 

 striated. Leaves flat; sheath 

 slightly hairy; ligule truncate 

 and cUiated. Panicle spreading, 

 ■with many branches, broad at 

 the base and pointed at the 

 Natural summit. Spikelets three- or 

 four-flowered, small, shining, 

 and of a bright yellow colour. 

 Empty glumes unequal, keeled, 

 and rough. Flowering glumes 

 hairy at the base and toothed 

 at summit, with slender twisted 

 awn springing from below the 

 Front and aide views magnified middle of the back. Palea nar- 

 8 diameters. row, short, and bluut. Flowers 



June, July, and August. Grows in pastures through- 

 out Europe, North Africa, and Asia. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



Water 63-11 



Soluble albuminoids — 



♦Insoluble albuminoids 1-50 



Digestible fibre 11-95 



Woody fibre 14-05 



f Soluble mineral matter 1-04 



■fflnsoluble mineral matter .... 1-11 

 Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 7-24 



100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen .34 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen ,' .14 



Total Nitrogen -38 



t Containing Silica -13 



ft Containing Silica ' .75 



Dried at 

 212° Pahr. 



4-06 



32-39 



38-09 



2-81 



3-01 



19-64 



100-00 



■31) 

 2-03 



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