FESTUCA ELATIOR-YAR. FERTILIS. 



TALL FESCITE. 



I 



Eootstock perennial, somewhat stoloniferous. 



Stems 3 to 6 feet, erect and smooth. Leaves broad, 



Seed oe flat, and scaberulous ; sheath 



FESTUCA ELATIOR. , i. i , , ■,,.■, 



(Tall Fescue.) smooth ; hgulc short. Panicle 



diffuse and nodding. Spikelets 

 many-flowered, half an inch 

 Natural long Or more, lanceolate. 



size. 



Empty glumes shorter than 

 flowering glumes, acute and 

 unequal. Flowering glumes 

 broad, rough, and toothed at 

 the apex. Palea acute and 

 ribbed, with hairy nerves. 



Front and side views magnifled FloWerS Juue aud July. GrOWS 

 6 diameters. •„ j i_ t , 



m damp pastures and wet 

 places throughout Europe, North Africa, and North 

 America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water . 



Soluble albuminoids 

 *Insoluble albuminoids 



Digestible fibre 



Woody fibre . 



Soluble mineral matter 

 f Insoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c, 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212°Pahr. 



71-25 — 



1-31 

 6-80 

 14-25 

 1-09 

 •56 

 4-74 



4-50 



23-65 



49-56 



3-79 



1-95 



16-55 



100-00 100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen 

 Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 



Total Nitrogen 



-21 

 -13 



J34 

 -31 



•72 

 •45 



154 



