POA NEMORALIS SEMPERYIRENS. 



EVBBGREEN" MEADOW GRASS. 



POA NEMORALIS 



SEMPERYIRENS. 



(^Evergreen Meadow Grass.) 



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Kootstock perennial, slightly creeping, but not 



stoloniferous. Stems 1 to 3 feet, erect, smooth. 



Seed or Leavcs narrow, pointed, rough 



on the surface and outer edges ; 



sheath smooth ; ligule none or 



Natural vsry minute. Panicle diffuse, 



slender, and nodding. Spikelets 



lanceolate, compressed. Empty 



glumes acute, nearly equal, 



sometimes slightly webbed. 



Flowering glumes rather larger, 



lanceolate, with three hairy 



ribs. Palea with nerves slightly 



fringed. j^Flowers June and 



July. Grows in woods and shady places throughout 



Europe and Northern Asia. 



Front and side views magnified 

 12 diameters. 



ANALYSIS. 



G-rass in Dried at 



Natural State. 212° Fahr. 



Water 35-92 — 



♦Soluble albuminoids 1-08 1-69 



**Insoluble albuminoids 2-69 4-19 



Digestible fibre 17-48 27-28 



Woody fibre 27-65 4315 



fSoluble mineral matter 2-65 4-14 



Iflnsoluble mineral matter .... 2-25 3-51 



Chlorophyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, Ac. . 10-28 16-04 



100-00 



100-00 



• Containing Nitrogen 

 ** Containing Nitrogen 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen 



Albuminoid Nitrogen 

 Total Nitrogen 



t Containing Silica 

 ft Containing Silica 



•17 

 ■43 



■78 

 1^73 



•27 

 •67 



•94 

 •41 



1^22 



2-72 



172 



