An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

  • White, John.
Date:
1808
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Credit: An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from being lodged, which otherwife would happen from the debility of their ftems. Thefe three would likewife produce an abundant aftergrafs ; for, as the Avena flavefcens and Poa nemoralis incline much to a fecond crop within the feafon, they would be greatly aflifted by the Feftuca pratenfis, which fends forth leaves in abundance after mowing. I don’t confider it as a defirable grafs to cultivate feparately, not being very prolific in ftems. Horfes, fheep, cows and goats eat it. ss P. June. July. “sieas Seat ron 1€ na. Fefeufhér léna. EncLisH.—Meadow Fefcue-gra/s. | Ob. Roots fibrous. Stems eres, nearly 2 feet, cylindrical, fmooth, and leafy. Leaves linear, pointed, fpreading; upper leaves rough on each fide. Sheath ftriated, very fmooth, with a very fhort fheath-fcale furrounding the ftem. Panicle nearly upright, branched, pointing one way}; branches in pairs, unequal, fimple for the moft ‘part, and rough. Spikets on fhort foot-ftalks, alternate, fomewhat blunt, fmooth, and many- flowered. Calyx, valves unequal, fomewhat M wacute,