POA TRIYIALIS. 



ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW GEASS. 



Seed op 



poa trivialps 



(Rough-stalked Meadow Grass.) 



Eootstock perennial, somewhat creeping, but not 

 stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 2 feet, erect, rough and 

 slender. Leaves flat, narrow, 

 acute, and rough ; sheath rough 

 and equal to its leaf; ligule 

 long and pointed. Panicle 

 loose, spreading and pyrami- 

 dal in shape. Spikelets three- 

 to five-flowered, compressed. 

 Empty glumes webbed, lanceo- 

 late, and nearly equal. Flower- 

 ing glumes keeled and acute. 

 Palea short and sHghtly fringed. 

 Flowers June to end of July. 

 Grows in meadows and pastures throughout Europe, 

 Siberia, North Africa, and North America. 



Front and side views magnified 

 15 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



Grass in Dried at 



Natui'al State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 42-50 — 



* Soluble albuminoids -92 



♦♦Insoluble albuminoids 1'50 



Digestible fibre 18-45 



Woody fibre 20-31 



f Soluble mineral matter .... 

 tflnsoluble mineral matter 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &o. 



2-24 



1-58 



12-50 



10000 



1-56 



2-69 



32-00 



35-32 



3-90 



2-75 



21-78 



100-00 



Containing Kitrogen 

 Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 

 tt Containing Silica 



•U 

 -24 



-38 

 -13 



-15 

 1-40 



-26 

 -43 



170 



