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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    in its floral ftate, and again afluming a drooping appearance in its feminal. Calyx, valves nearly on the keel. Corolla, valves nearly equal, with entangled wool-like hairs at the bafe. ~ ftems cylindrical, upright, fmooth: fheath-feale fhort, blunt: roots creeping. walls. ‘This is a very good grafs when in mix- ferable for pafture, from the numerous leaves it fends forth from its roots, and its furnifhing after- grafs in quantity. It is not very abundant in its flems, but neverthelefs is no way difadvantageous in meadows; for the ftems being pretty ftout, and not very tall, fupport other weaker grafles which farmount them. It isa grafs which will grow in almoft any foil, and, poffeffes the good guality of withftanding the drought of fummer. defirable grafs, Cows, horfes, goats, fheep and {wine eat it. P.. jue. H 2 Tris,