GYNOSURUS CRISTATUS. 



CRESTED DOGSTATT.. 



Eootstock perennial, stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 



2 feet, tufted, erect, smooth, and wiry. Leaves 



SEED OF ^^^y narrow, ribbed, slightly 



cYNosuRus CRISTATUS, hairy ; sheath smooth ; ligule 



icraiedDogsiaii.) short and bifid. Panicle spike- 



1 like, secund. Spikelets many- 



Natvu-ai flowered, ovate, flat, with a 



Size. ' ' ' 



barren spikelet consisting of 

 empty glumes arranged in a 

 pectinate manner at the base. 

 Empty glumes sharply pointed, 

 %'M fi'"*M shorter than flowering glumes, 



unequal, with prominent rough 

 ■ ''"" keels. Flowering glumes lan- 



ceolate, with a short awn at 

 Front and aide views magnifled gummit. Palea verv thin, 



10 diameters. "^ 



slightly ciliated. Flowers July 

 and August. Grows in dry hilly pastures throughout 

 Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 72-33 — 



Soluble albuminoids — — 



♦Insoluble albuminoids 1'50 5'38 



Digestible fibre 7-91 28-59 



Woody fibre 11-34 40-98 



f Soluble mineral matter 2-08 7-51 



•f-flnsoluble mineral matter .... -76 2-74 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 4-08 14-80 



10000 100-00 



» Containing Nitrogen -24 -86 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -18 -65 



Total Nitrogen -42 1-51 



f Containing Silica -19 '68 



ft Containing Silica -38 1-41 



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