FESTUCA HETEROPHYLLA. 



VARIOtrS-LEAVED FESCUE. 



* Seed op 

 festuca heterophylla. 



( Various-leaved Fescue.) 



Natural 



Eoots fibrous, rootstock perennial, tufted. Stems 

 2 to 2^ feet, numerous, erect, and smooth. Leaves 



various, dark green, lower 

 ones folded, triangular, 

 upper ones flat. Ligule 

 almost obsolete. Panicle 

 diffuse. Spikelets many- 

 flowered. Empty glumes 

 unequal, shorter than 

 flowering glumes, with pro- 

 minent midrib and long 

 awn. Flowers June and 

 July. Grows in meadows 

 and pastures throughout 

 Central Europe; introduced into Great Britain for 

 cultivation in permanent pastures. 



Front and side views magnified 

 6 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 41-07 — 



*Soluble albuminoids -SI -SO 



**Insoluble albuminoids 2-13 3"64 



Digestible fibre 17-81 30-22 



Woody fibre 26-21 44-48 



fSoluble mineral matter 3-18 5-39 



fflnsoluble mineral matter .... 1-51 2-56 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 7-78 13-21 



100-00 100-00 



' Containing Nitrogen 

 * Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 

 ft Containing Silica 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



-05 

 -34 



-36 

 -94 



■71 

 1-37 



•61 

 1-58 



156 



