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Table LXIX.—Number of Species, Percentage, Quantity per Acre, 
Number of Species, and proportion 
per cent. 
— J |l 
Quantity per acre. 
1862. j 
1867. | 
1872. 
1877. 
Mean. 
1862. | 
1867. | 
1872. | 
1877. 
Mean. 
Number of 
Species 
Gramineae. 
16 
15 
16 
16 
16 
Leguminosae ...... 
4 
4 
5 
5 
5 
Other Orders. 
26 
27 
28 
24 
26 
... 
Total. 
46 
46 
49 
45 
47 
... 
... 
... 
GkAMINE/E. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. c. 
p. e. 
p. c. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum. 
3-66 
7-16 
4-74 
5-11 
5-17 
119-0 
253-5 
84-0 
158-0 
153-6 
Alopecurus pratensis. 
1-32 
1-84 
0-86 
1-40 
1-36 
42-9 
65-1 
15-2 
43-2 
41-6 
Agrostis -vulgaris. 
7-21 
6-08 
13-88 
9-87 
9-26 
234-5 
215-2 
245-9 
305-2 
250-2 
Holcus lanatus. 
11-82 
9-16 
4-71 
19-35 
11-26 
384-4 
324-3 
83-5 
598-3 
347-6 
Avena pubescens. 
9-42 
4-97 
4-09 
4-02 
5-62 
306-4 
175-9 
72-5 
124-3 
169-8 
Avena flavescens.. 
4-12 
4"28 
6-09 
2-47 
4-24 
134-0 
151-5 
107-9 
76-4 
117-5 
Poa trivialis. 
5-16 
5-65 
3-79 
4-72 
4-83 
167-8 
200-0 
67-1 
146-0 
145-2 
Briza media .. 
0-58 
0-32 
2-12 
2-16 
1-29 
18-9 
11-3 
37-6 
C6-8 
33-7 
Dactyl is glomerata. 
2-25 
0-99 
0-57 
1-41 
1-31 
73-2 
35-0 
10-1 
43-6 
40-5 
Cynosurus cristaf.us. 
0-34 
0-84 
1-03 
0-80 
0-75 
J10 
29*7 
18-2 
24-7 
20-9 
Festuca ovina. 
10-20 
16-75 
20-44 
16-02 
15-85 
331-7 
592-9 
362-2 
495-4 
445-5 
Lolium perenne. 
9-28 
5-24 
3-12 
4-35 
5-50 
30P8 
185-7 
55-3 
134-5 
169-3 
None 
Avena elatior.*\ 
yielding' 
1 per j 
Poa pratensis.( 
Festuca pratensis.f 
1-34 
0-87 
0-77 
o-io 
0-77 
43-5 
30-8 
13-7 
3-1 
22-8 
cent. V 
Bromus mollis. J 
Absent- 
-Phleum pratense, Airacsespitosa, Festuca loliacea 
... 
■ M 
Undetermined (chiefly Graminese) . . 
8-26 
2-73 
0*82 
... 
2-95 
268-6 
96-6 
14-5 
94-9 
Total. 
74-96 
66-88 
67-03 
71-78 
70-16 
2437-7 
2367-5 
1187-7 
2219-5 
2053-1 
Leguminoste. 
Trifolium repens. 
0-61 
0-09 
0-48 
1 0-35 
0-38 
19-8 
3-2 
8-5 
10-8 
10-6 
Trifolium pratense. 
1-45 
0-17 
0-11 
0-30 
0-51 
47-2 
6-0 
2-0 
9-2 
16-1 
Lotus corniculatus. 
0-41 
1-23 
3-71 
0-86 
1-55 
13-3 
43-6 
65-7 
26-6 
37-3 
Lathyrus pratensis. 
0-32 
1-34 
4-19 
3-38 
2-31 
10-4 
47-4 
74-3 
104-5 
59-2 
Ononis arvensis. 
0-12 
0-64 
0-19 
... 
2-1 
19-8 
5-4 
Total. 
2-79 
2-83 
8-61 
5*53 
4-94 
90-7 
100-2 
152-6 
170-9 
128-6 
Other Orders. 
* 
Ranunculus repens et bulbosus . . . 
5-87 
1-29 
4-16 
5-84 
4-29 
190-9 
45-7 
73-7 
180-6 
122-7 
Conopodium denudatum. 
0-97 
2-32 
1-17 
0-64 
1-22 
31-5 
82-1 
20-7 
19-8 
38-5 
Pimpinella Saxifraga. 
0-87 
3-21 
1-28 
1-48 
1-71 
28-3 
113-6 
22-7 
45-8 
52-6 
Centaurea nigra. 
0-43 
0-36 
1*01 
0-66 
0-62 
14-0 
12-7 
17-9 
20-4 
16-2 
Achillea Millefolium. 
1-42 
1-88 
5-38 
3-19 
2-96 
46-2 
66-5 
95-3 
98-7 
76-7 
Plantago lanceolata. 
5-63 
9-66 
3-13 
3-78 
5"55 
383-1 
342-0 
55-4 
116-9 
174-4 
Rumex Acetosa. 
3-94 
5-47 
2-81 
3-37 
3-89 
128-1 
193-6 
49-8 
104-2 
118-9 
Luzula campestris. .. 
1-22 
2-41 
3-57 
0-84 
2-01 
39-7 
85-3 
63-2 
26-0 
53-4 
i 
('Ranunculus acris, Stellaria graminea, Cerastium^ 
None 
yielding, 
1 per ] 
triviale. Potentilla reptans, Agrimonia Eupa- 
toria, Poterium Sanguisorba, Heracleum spon- 
dylium, Galium Aparine, G. verum, Scabiosa 
arvensis, Beilis perennis, Tragopogon pra¬ 
tensis. Leontodon hispidus, L. autumnalis, y 
1-90 
3-69 
1-85 
2-89 
2-65 
61-8 
130-8 
33-0 
89-2 
78-9 
i Taraxacum officinale, Hicracium Pilosella, j 
cent. 
Veronica Chamaedrys, Prunella vulgaris,Ajuga 
reptans, Carex prsecox, Ophioglossum vul- | 
| gatum, Hypnum squarrosum, H. rutabulum, I 
H. hians.J 
i 
r" Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Thymus Ser-T 
Absent ■ 
pyllum, Scilla nutans, Spiraea Ulmaria, Car- > 
L duus arvensis. J 
... 
Total. 
22-25 
30-29 
24-36 
22-69 
24-90 
723-6 
1072-3 
431-7 
701-6 
732-3 
SUMMARY. 
Graminese. 
74-96 
66-88 
67-03 
71-78 
70-16 
2437-7 
2367-5 
1187-7 
2219-5 
2053-1 
Leguminosae.. . 
2-79 
2-83 
8-61 
5-53 
4 94 
90-7 
100-2 
152-6 
170-9 
128-6 
Other Orders. 
22-25 
30-29 
24-36 
22-69 
24-90 
723-6 
1072-3 
431-7 
701-6 
732-3 
Total. 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
3252 
3540 
1772 
3092 
2914 
