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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    Slavescens, Sd 7m rR DRA DIGYNIA. A. Panicle loofe; calyx 3-flowered, fhort : all the florets awned: leaves flaccid, moftly pu- befcent. It grows in meadows, paftures, on hills and way fides. A good meadow grafs, producing much ftems which are very fine, as likewife its — foliage, and would be an acceptable fpecies as a mixture in any meadow. From obfervations I have made in the Botanic gardens, in the farmer’s divifion, where a plot is allotted to this — erafs, it always appeared to be in good quantity, but is generally lodged, owing to the debility of its ftems, and is, on this account, more defirable in mixture than feparate. P. June. Sept. (Cojpce opyolledé. U Coirce orfholltach. EncLisH.—Yellow Oat-grafs. Teilow Oat. Yel- low-haired Oat-grafs. Ob. Roots fibrous, fomewhat creeping. Stems it feet, upright, fomewhat branched at bafe, leafy, ftriated, 3-knotted, and often with {mall hairs