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6. Yucca baccata Torr. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 221. 1859. Dati. 
Type LocaLity: High table lands between the Rio Grande and the Gila, New 
Mexico. 
Rance: New Mexico to Colorado and Nevada. 
New Mexico: Farmington; Raton; Carrizo Mountains; Tunitcha Mountains; Hur- 
rah Creek; Santa Fe Canyon; Crawfords Ranch; Socorro; Fairview; Rincon; Carriza- 
lillo Mountains; Florida Mountains; Organ Mountains; Burro Mountains; Bear Moun- 
tains. Dry hills and high plains, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 
The species is the low, stiff-leaved Yucca of the rocky ridges and mesas at the 
bases of the mountains. It is the largest flowered of our species. The fruit, too, is 
characteristic, somewhat resembling the eastern pawpaw in general appearance. The 
Indians of New Mexico slice the ripe fruit and dry it in the sun for use in winter. 
When fresh, it has a peculiar sweet taste and is quite palatable. 
7. Yucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Engelm. Bot. Gaz. 6: 224. 1881. Pama. 
Yucca baccata macrocarpa Torr. U. 8. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 221. 1859. 
TYPE Locaity: On the plains of western Texas near the Limpio. 
Ranae: Western Texas to southern Arizona and southward. 
New Mexico: Silver City; Fort Bayard; Las Cruces; Tortugas Mountain. Mesas 
and plains, in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 
This the common broad-leaved Yucca or “dagger” of the mesas of the southern 
part of the State. It is used not a little for decorative purposes in this region and is 
very effective. It is easily transplanted and under cultivation becomes 5 to 6 meters 
high. The leaves are used extensively by the various Indians, notably the Apaches, 
in their basketry. By using different parts of the leaves, different colors are secured 
for forming designs, the outer part of the leaf being greenish yellow and the inner 
white. 
8. Yucca schottii Engelm. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 3: 46. 1873. 
Type Locatity: Upper Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona. 
Rance: Southwestern New Mexico, southern Arizona, and northern Mexico. 
New Mexico: Indian Canyon, Animas Mountains; San Luis Mountains. Lower 
Sonoran Zone. . 
A little-known arborescent species with smooth, glaucous leaves and pubescent 
inflorescence. It is known with us only in the extreme southwest corner of the State. 
2. NOLINA Michx. Berararass. 
Coarse-leaved perennials, the leaves linear, serrulate; inflorescence of a stout, nearly 
naked stem, paniculately branched above; flowers polygamo-dicecious, small, with 
whitish oblong-lanceolate segments; stamens included; fruit indehiscent, thin-walled, 
with subglobose seeds. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Leaves 6 mm. wide or less, the edges smooth..................... 1. N. greene. 
Leaves 6 to 12 mm. wide, scabrous on the edges.................-. 2. N. microcarpa. 
1. Nolina greenei 8. Wats.; Trel. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 50: 418. 1911. 
TyPE LocaLity: Between the Purgatory and Apeshipa rivers, north of Trinidad, 
Colorado. 
RanGE: Southeastern Colorado to New Mexico. 
New Mexico: San Miguel County; White Mountains. Dry hills, in the Upper 
Sonoran Zone. 
