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were feedinj^ upou it very freely. In bigh mountain ineaclows it would prove 

 very valuable as a hay grass. Horse Creek, July 10 (3358). Little Laramie 

 River, .Tuly I (3333) ; Meditnue Bow Kiver, August 20 (4073). 

 Bromus ciliatus scariosus Scribn. — A suuiU form only 12 to 18 inclies high; leaves 

 slender and stems weak ; ])anicle short and spreading, the spikelets on slender 

 pedicels. Rare, secured but once, in a dry, stony canyon on the side of a moun- 

 tain where scatteiiug speci- 

 mens occurred at intervals. 

 Shec]) Mountain, July 3 (3305). 

 Broiuus kalmii CI ray (Kalm's 

 Chess). — Leaves abundant, 

 stems erect, 2 to 3 feet high ; 

 panicles many-Howered, often 

 drooping, the pedicels slender 

 and dexuous. This bunch grass 

 is a very important one in some 

 of the mountain ranges. In 

 open woods (m stony hillsides 

 it occurs in great abundance, 

 as it frequently does in some 

 of the higher-lying meadows. 

 Woods Creek, August 9 (3948) ; 

 Medicine Bow River, August 

 22 (4083). 

 Bromus multiflorus Scribn. 

 (Large Mountain Bhome- 

 GKASS). — Erect, moderately 

 strong stemmed, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, leaves large and numer- 

 ous; panicles ample, close, 

 many flowered, the spikelets 

 erect or nearly so, awns short 

 but evident. For further 

 notes upon this grass, which 

 undoubtedly has great eco- 

 nomic value(8eepage29). "G." 

 Sninmer ranch, July 23(3827) ; 

 Battle Lake, August Ifi (4021 

 and 4035); Pino Mountain, 

 head of Vermilion Creek, July 

 18 (3759). 

 Bromus porteri (Coult.) Nash 

 (I'oKTEe's C II ESS ). — Erect, 

 with ample leaves, 2 to 3 feet 

 high; panicle long, its 

 brandies lax and spikelets on slender flexuous pedicels. Undoubtedly a valu- 

 able grass, liut usually only scattering, individual 8i)ecimens in the aspen coitses 

 or on the more open hillsides. Battle Lake, August 10 (4022); Cooper Hill, 

 August 22 (4407). 

 Bronaus scabratus Sciibn. (Scahuous Chess). — Harshly scabrous, leaves and stems 

 8l(!U(b;r, somewhat lle.xnous, 2 to3 feet hmg; panicle oi)en, si)ikelcts very slender, 

 on filiform liexuoiis ]ie<licels. My lield notes say "A very coinmon grass on the 

 creek Imtlums at this stalioii. It foiiiis a portion of the general growth overall 

 the district observed. Ap])arently not browsed down so fully as some of the 

 <itlier grasses even where stock has full access to it." Head of Vermilion Creek, 

 .Inly 20(3800). 



Fig. 19. — King's Feacue (Festucakingii): a, si)ikelet; b, 

 floret. 



