LOLIUM ITALICUM SUTTONI. 



SUTTON'S ITALIAN RYE GRASS. 



Seed of 



LOLIUM ITALICUM SUTTONI. 



(Svtton's Italian Rye Ch'oss.) 



Annual or biennial. Eoot fibrous. Stems 2 to 

 4 feet, erect, stout, smooth. Leaves long, broad, 



glabrous, and succulent ; 

 sheaths slightly rough ; 

 hgule short and obtuse. 

 Spikelets many - flowered, 

 sessile, distichous on a long 

 rachis. Upper empty glume 

 only present in the terminal 

 spikelet ; lower empty glume 

 persistent, lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, scarcely reaching to 

 middle of spikelet. Flower- 

 ing glumes lanceolate. Awn 

 almost as long as glume. 

 Flowers June and July. Not 



Front and Bide views magnified 

 7 diameters. "" 



Palea ciliate at base, 

 known in a wild state. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 60-84 — 



♦Soluble albuminoids -25 "75 



♦♦Insoluble albuminoids 1-31 3'31 



Digestible fibre 11-46 29-30 



Woody fibre ....... 11-09 28-32 



f Soluble mineral matter 1-35 3-47 



f-flnsoluble mineral matter .... 1-10 2-81 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &e. . 12-60 32-04 



Containing Nitrogen 

 ' Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



100-00 



-04 

 •21 



•26 

 •19 



t Containing Silica 

 ft Containing Silica 



-24 

 -91 



100-00 



-12 

 -53 



-66 

 -60 



1-15 

 -61 



164 



