FESTUCA OYINA TENUIFOLIA. 



FINE-LEAVED SHEEP^S EESOTJE. 



Seed of 



FESTUCA OVINA TENUlFOLIA. 



{Fine-leaved Sheep's Fescue.') 



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Eootstock perennial, tufted. Stems 6 to 12 inches, 

 erect, and densely tufted, rough at the upper part 

 and smooth below. Leaves 

 Tery slender, chiefly radical, 

 upper ones rolled ; sheath 

 Natural smooth ; ligulc long and bi- 

 lobed. Panicle small, erect, 

 contracted, and subsecund. 

 Spikelets many-flowered, small, 

 upright. Empty glumes shorter 

 than flowering glumes, unequal 

 and acute. Flowering glumes 

 small, with minute awn. Palea 

 toothed, with hairy nerves. 

 Flowers June and July. Grows 

 in dry, hilly pastures throughout Europe, Siberia, 

 North Africa, North America, and Austraha. 



Pront and side views magnified 

 15 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in 

 Natural State. 



Water 55-62 



'Soluble albuminoids 1-06 



**Insoluble albuminoids 1-54 



Digestible fibre 16-72 



Woody fibre 15-31 



f Soluble mineral matter .... 

 tflnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. 



1-59 

 1-72 

 6-44 



Dried at 

 212° Fahr. 



2-44 



3-37 

 37-77 

 84-49 



3-60 



3-88 

 14-45 



100-00 



100-00 



• Containing Nitrogen 

 ** Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 

 tt Containing Silica 



■17 

 -24 

 -41 

 -23 



■69 

 1-46 



-39 

 -64 



-54 

 1-47 



158 



