. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. MARRAM-GRASS : MAT-GRASS 533 bulk of especially heavy hay of high nutritive value. On thin dry soils, the lower nodes of its stems became thickened and the whole plant is then of little value. As it grows hard and fibrous when allowed to ripen its seed it should be cut before the spikes are out of the leaf-sheaths. Unlike foxtail it yields little aftermath. As the seed is especially cheap and the yield and nutri- tive value good, it should form a constituent of all leys on land which is at all stiff. Genus Ammophila [P
. Agricultural botany, theoretical and practical. Botany, Economic; Botany. MARRAM-GRASS : MAT-GRASS 533 bulk of especially heavy hay of high nutritive value. On thin dry soils, the lower nodes of its stems became thickened and the whole plant is then of little value. As it grows hard and fibrous when allowed to ripen its seed it should be cut before the spikes are out of the leaf-sheaths. Unlike foxtail it yields little aftermath. As the seed is especially cheap and the yield and nutri- tive value good, it should form a constituent of all leys on land which is at all stiff. Genus Ammophila [Psammd). Panicles spike-like, spikelets large, one- flowered, compressed: empty glumes two, narrow, awnless, equal or exceeding the flowering glume in length; flowering glume with silky hairs at the base and a very short awn. Marram-Grass: Mat-Grass (Ammophila arundinacea Host.).—A perennial grass which , , , ^ , Fig. 173.—j4 , Spike-like grows on dry sandy sea-shores. Its stems and panicle of Timothy or , , .... Catstail (natural size). leavesarestrong,rigid,andsomewhatglaucous, b. Base of leaf-biade the former from 2 to 3 feet high; panicles ^"c, 'spikdet (twice nat- generally 3 to 4 inches long, cylindrical. "^ ^'"'" It possesses an extensive system of rhizomes which spread through loose sands in all directions, and bind them into more or less solid banks capable of resisting the action of the waves. By its action the sea is prevented from encroaching upon the land, and for this service it is specially protected by Act of Parliament. Genus Agrostis. Panicle spreading; spikelets one-flowered, very small; empty glumes two, unequal, larger than the flowering glume, awnless; flowering glume either awnless, or with a slender dorsal awn,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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