FESTUCA PRATENSIS. 



MEADOW FESOCTE. 



Eootstock perennial. Stems 18 inches to 3 feet, 



tufted, erect, and smooth. Leaves flat and smooth ; 



Seed op sheath smooth ; ligule short. 



FESTUCA PRATENSIS. -„ . , ,. , , -i 



(Meadow Fescm.) Panicle spreadmg, but closer 



I and narrower than in F. 

 Natural ^^<^iior, with fcwcr branches. 



size. 



Spikelets many-flowered, lan- 

 ceolate. Empty glumes shorter 

 than flowering glumes, unequal 

 and acute. Flowering glumes 

 rough, and slightly awned. 

 Palea acute and ribbed, with 

 hairy nerves. Flowers June 



and July. Grows on good pastures throughout 



Europe and Northern Asia. 



Front and side views magnified 

 7 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass In Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Pahr. 



Water 71-04 — 



Soluble albuminoids — — 



♦Insoluble albuminoids 1-13 3-88 



Digestible fibre 8-91 30-77 



Woody fibre 12-51 43-19 



Soluble mineral matter 1-05 8-62 



flnsoluble mineral matter .... -64 2-21 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 4-72 16-33 



100-00 



» Containing Nitrogen 

 Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 



•18 

 ■18 



Total Nitrogen 



100-00 



•62 

 •62 



r35 



152 



