Seed op 



POA PRAtENSlS. 

 {Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass.) 



POA PRATENSIS. 



SMOOTH-STALKED MEADOW GBASS. 



Eootstock perennial, creeping and stoloniferous. 

 Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, smooth, and rather stout. 



Leaves flat, rather broad and 

 shghtly concave at the tip; 

 sheath smooth and longer 

 Natural than its leaf; ligule short 

 and blunt. Panicle loose, 

 spreading and pyramidal in 

 shape . Spikelets three- to five- 

 flowered, compressed. Empty 

 glumes much webbed, lanceo- 

 late, almost equal. Flower- 

 ing glumes larger, webbed, 

 keeled, and acute. Palea 

 short. Flowers June and 

 early in July. Grows in mea- 

 dows and pastures throughout Europe, Siberia, North 

 Africa, and North America. 



Front and siile views magnified 

 15 diameters, 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass In Dried at 

 Natural State. 212°Pahr. 



Water 65-81 — 



Soluble albuminoids — — 



♦Insoluble albuminoids 1-81 6'31 



Digestible fibre 9-29 27-17 



Woody fibre 15-24 44-57 



f Soluble mineral matter 1-11 3-24 



■fflnsoluble mineral matter .... 1-42 4-13 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o, . 5-32 15-58 



100-00 100-00 



* Containing Nitrogen .gg .gg 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -15 .44 



Total Nitrogen -44 Tii 



■f Containing Silica .40 i.j^y 



tt Containing Silica l.jj 3.2J 



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