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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    im 112 TRIANDRIA ore tA. county of Clare, and it is there confidered valuable for feeding cattle in winter, as in that country ftraw and hay are both very fcarce. It makes an excellent thatch for houfes, and will fometimes laft for twenty years. Cattle will eat of it in winter, but in fummer they leave it untouched. The flowers and feed are poffeffed of an emetic quality, and may be ufed where the ordinary emetics cannot be ob- tained. They vomit ftrongly,' but are not dangerous in their operation. Pp... July. ted Mviptfund Dd. Trisu. Cuile Muiriunadh. Muiriunach. Maithine. Mehain. -Enciisu.——Sea Reed-grafs. Sea Matweed. Marram. Helme. Ob. Roots creeping, jointed, extending widely and to fome diftance. Stems afcending, nearly 3, feet, fliff, fmooth, knotted, knee-bent at the bafe, leafy. Leaves upright but {preading, ftraight, rigid, rolled inwards on the edges, ending dagger-pointed, furrowed above, and very even underneath, Sheath nerved, fmooth, with an elongated acute fheath-fcale. Panicle upright, fy