WOOTON AND STANDLEY—FLORA OF NEW MEXICO, 73 
1. Oryzopsis hymenjoides (Roem. & Schult.) Ricker, Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 11: 
109. 1906. SAND BUNCHGRASS. 
ape hymenioides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 339. 1817. 
Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt. Gen. Pl. 1: 40. 1818. 
m Oryzopsis cuspidata Benth.; Vasey, U. 8. Dept. Agr. Spec. Rep. 63: 23. 1883. 
ce 4 9 é 
TyPE Locatity: ‘‘Ad litora fluvii Missouri. F “oral Leas A 
Rance: Washington and Alberta to Nebraska and Mexico. 
New Mexico: Carrizo and Tunitcha mountains; Farmington; Tierra Amarilla; 
Santa Fe; Canjilon; Ramah; Zuni; Pecos; Torrance; Albuquerque; Reserve; Mesilla; 
White Sands. Dry hills, in the Lower and Upper Sonoran zones. 
The seeds of this grass were formerly gathered and used for food by the Zuni. The 
ground seeds were eaten alone, or mixed with corn meal and made into dumplings. 
2. Oryzopsis micrantha (Trin. & Rupr.) Thurb. Proc. Acad. Phila. 18638: 78. 1863. 
Urachne micrantha Trin. & Rupr. Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 5': 16. 1842. 
Type Locauity: North America. 
RanGE: Montana and Saskatchewan to Nebraska, Arizona, and Mexico. 
New Mexico: Raton; Sierra Grande; Tierra Amarilla; Manguitas Spring; Canjilon; 
Coolidge; Glorieta; Raton Mountains; Santa Fe; Pecos. Dry hills and plains, in the 
Upper Sonoran Zone. 
3. Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 51, 1803. MOUNTAIN RICE. 
Urachne asperifolia Trin. Gram. Unifl. 1: 174. 1824. 
Type Locauity: ‘‘Hab. a sinu Hudsonis ad Quebec, per tractus montium.’ 
RanGE: British America to New Mexico and Pennsylvania. 
New Mexico: Winsor Creek (Standley 4206). Deep woods, in the Canadian and 
Hudsonian zones. 
28. PHLEUM L. Timoruy. 
Perennials with simple erect culms, flat leaves, and dense, terminal, cylindrical or 
oblong, spikelike panicles; spikelets 1-flowered; rachilla jointed above the glumes, 
not prolonged beyond the floret; glumes 2, compressed-carinate, equal, usually ciliate 
on the keels, abruptly mucronate or shortly awn-pointed; lemma shorter than the 
glumes, thin, truncate, awnless, rather loosely inclosing the grain; stamens 3; styles 
distinct. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Spikes elongate-cylindric; awns less than half as long as the glumes... 1. P. pratense. 
Spikes short, ovoid or oblong; awns about half as long as the glumes.. 2. P. alpinum. 
1. Phleum pratense L. Sp. Pl. 59. 1753. TIMOTHY, 
Type Locauity: ‘‘ Habitat in Europae versuris & pratis.”’ 
RanGE: Fields and meadows nearly throughout North America, introduced from 
Europe and often cultivated for hay; also in Europe and Asia. 
New Mexico: Chama; Raton; Cedar Hill; Fort Bayard; Santa Fe; Ruidoso Creek; 
Gilmores Ranch. 
2. Phleum alpinum L. Sp. Pl. 59. 1753. MOUNTAIN TIMOTHY. 
TyPE Locauity: ‘‘ Habitat in Alpibus.”’ 
Rance: Alaska and British America to California, Arizona, and New Hampshire; 
also in Europe and South America. 
New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains; Chama; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains, 
Meadows, Canadian to Arctic-Alpine Zone. 
29. ALOPECURUS L. MarsH FroxtTaltL. 
Annuals or perennials with erect or ascending culms, flat leaves, and densely 
flowered cylindrical spikelike terminal panicles; spikelets 1-flowered, strongly flat- 
tened; rachilla jointed below the glumes; glumes equal, awnless, more or less ciliate, 
bf 
yr Adding 
@ _ in 
Ve vend 
Kesds, $9 
