124 BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
Dry Organic matter 2. . 8 ee) 2-16 88.36 
Fat (ether extract) . . + «+ « « » O47 2.53 
NIPOGGT ns oy ee ie ies wt, 0,45 — 2.29 
CRIGeMe ees Me . > +) ps 13.29 
It is worthy of remark that this analysis differs considerably in 
respect to cellulose and carbohydrates from the analyses of the narrow- 
leaved plantain (plantago lanceolata), called also lance-leaved plantain, 
lamb’s tongue, rib-grass, and ribwort, as made by several chemists. 
Of the following analyses A refers to an analysis of the green plant 
made by Veelcker, and B to an analysis by Way of the green plant 
collected 28 May. Both A and B are cited from Werner’s “ Futter- 
bau,” 1875, p. 629. 
C is an analysis by Hofmeister, cited in Hoffmann’s “ Jahresbericht 
der Agrikultur-Chemie,” 1870-72, 18. to 15. (3) p. 8, of plants col- 
lected from a stubble-field. His results are calculated upon the dry 
plant. 
A. B. C. 
Lance-leaved Plantain. Green. Green. sie rpg 
Vier es are win 80.79% 84.75%, 
Ash (free from C & CO.) . tee? RES 1.35 11.54%, 
Albuminoids . . . « ~- Bade 2.18 13.64 
Carbohydrates Gnelading iat -, .6.90 ' 6.62 52.82 
Cellulose . . rene ALE 5.10 22.00 
Dry organic matter. . . . . 17.38 13.90 88.46 - 
Bati (aire oe 0.56 —— 
Ratio of inure 5 ie 
NyUrates ses gs betes Blo oee 1:3 1:3.8 
Sprengel found 76% of water in green leaves and stems collected 
in September. Way and Ogston * found 84.75 % of water, and 1.324, 
of ash in the fresh plant, or 8.68% of ash in the dry substance. 
This narrow-leaved or rib-wort plantain has often been commended 
as a forage plant, and it was formerly sometimes sown purposely as a 
pasture grass. According to Loudon’s “ Encyclopedia of Agriculture,” 
“it is eaten heartily by every sort of cattle, more especially when in 
the cultivated state, and in particular by cows, who like it most in 
May, when it has great influence on the milk, as the hay has on the 
flesh. In Scotland, it is a useful addition to the proper grasses on 
lands to be pastured by sheep. Where kept well fed down by stock 
* Liebig and Kopp’s “ Jahresbericht,” 1850, 3. p. 668, table B. 
