32 



Potassium 



10.38 per cent. 





Sodium 



1.27 '■ 



[Wolff] 

 Plates 23-24. 



Elymus Virginicus, [Wild rye grass.] 



This is a perennial, and grows to a height of 2 or 3 feet, and 

 produces a rank growth of leaves. The culms are large, and the 

 spikelets are 2 to 5 flowered. 



This grass starts early in spring and furnishes a green pasturage 

 through the spring and winter- It is generally found in a wild state 

 on the banks of streams. 



Plate 25. 





