LOLIUM PEREME SUTTONI. 



SUTTON'S PEBEHlJriAL RYE GBASS. 



Seed op 



lolium perenne suttoni 



(Sutton's Perennial Rye Gi-ass,) 



Boots fibrous, rootstock perennial, sometimes sto- 

 loniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, bent at the base, as- 

 cending, smooth, and slightly 

 compressed. Leaves flat, nar- 

 row, and obtuse ; edges and 

 upper surface scabrid; sheath 

 '^s^"' smooth and compressed ; ligule 

 short and blunt. Panicle spiked. 

 Spikelets many-flowered, soU- 

 tary, sessile, distichous. Empty 

 glumes, only an outer one to 

 each spikelet, except in the 

 case of the upper spikelet, 

 which has. two, lanceolate, 

 smooth, distinctly ribbed, and 

 shorter than the spikelets. 

 Flowering glumes obtuse, ribbed, and with sometimes 

 a minute awn. Flowers May and June. 



Front and side views magnified 

 8 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Natural State. 



Water 62-01 



*Soluble albuminoids 'SS 



**Insoluble albuminoids 2'06 



Digestible fibre 7-98 



Woody fibre 17-71 



f Soluble mineral matter 2-90 



■f-flnsoluble mineral matter .... -78 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 6-18 



100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen -06 



** Containing Nitrogen -33 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -39 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -38 



Total Nitrogen -77 



t Containing Silica -05 



ft Containing Silica -32 



Dried at 

 212° Eahr. 



1-00 



5-38 



21-01 



46-62 



7-64 



2-05 



16-30 



100-00 

 -16 



1-02 

 1-00 



•13 



•84 



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