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9. Stipa speciosa Trin. & Rupr. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 5 X :45. L842. 



Type locality: Chile. 



Range: California to New Mexico and Mexico; also in South America. 

 New Mexico: Carrizo Mountains (Standley 7515.) Dry hills, in the Upper Sonoran 

 Zone. 



10. Stipa lettermanii Vasey, Bull. Torrey Club lb: 53. 1886. 

 Stipa viridula lettermanii Vasey, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 50. 1892. 

 Type locality: Idaho. 



Range: Idaho and Wyoming to Utah and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Chama; Santa Fe. Hills and meadows, in the Upper Sonoran and 

 Transition zones. 



11. Stipa viridula Trin. & Rupr. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 2 1 : :;!>. 1836. 

 Type locality: North America. 



Range: British America to Kansas, Utah, and New Mexico. 

 New Mexico: Trout Spring; Taos; Santa Fe Canyon; mountains near Las Vegas; 

 Raton Mountains; Cross L Ranch; El Rito Creek. Transition Zone. 



12. Stipa minor (Vasey) Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 11: 46. 1898. 

 Stipa viridula minor Vasey, Contr. .U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 50. 1892. 



Type locality: Kelso Mountain, Colorado. 

 Range: Montana to Utah and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Chama; Winsors Ranch; mouth of Indian Creek. Mountains, in 

 the Transition Zone. 



13. Stipa scribneri Vasey, Bull. Torrey Club 11: 125. 1884. 



Type locality: Dry hillsides at Santa Fe, New Mexico. Type collected by 

 George Vasey in 1884. 



II lnge: Colorado and New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Santa Fe; Pecos; Bear Mountain; near Ruidoso. Mountains and 

 low hills, in the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. 



14. Stipa vaseyi Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 11: 16. 1898. 



Sleei v i,i; \ss. 

 Stipa viridula robusta Vasey, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 50. 1892, not<S. robusta Nutt. 



1S1L». 



Type locality: "Texas and Mexico." 



Range: Idaho to Mexico and Texas. 



New Mexico: Dulce; Santa Fe; Raton Mountains; Glorieta Mountains; Ramah; 

 Winsor Creek; Las Vegas; Gila Hot Springs; White Mountains. Mountains, in the 

 Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. 



A very abundanl grass in meadows al middle elevations. In tin- Sacramento-White 

 Moii ii i :m iv inn this is known as "sleepy grass, ""and is said to have a narcotic i 

 upon animals thai oat it. especially horses. \\ hile neither of the \\ titers has had an 

 opportunity of personally corroborating this statement, it is vouched for by many 

 reliable residents of the region. The narcotic effects of the plant, which are said to 

 appear Boon after if has been eaten, are indicated by drowsine i or sleep on the part 

 of the affected animals, which continues often for 18 hours and sometimes results in 

 death. Animals which have boon reared in these mountains never rat sleepy •. 

 hut those which are brought into the region will consume it because of ii luxuriance 

 and fre bne -. unless restrained, Strangely enough, the dried gi 10I have a 



narcotic effect. T • abundant in < >t Imt regions of the State, bul 



!><• id- in Hi- one range i it reputed to have narcotic properties \\ here it i 

 eaten by nsly and pidly, especially when other plants 



nrr killed b; Icing, 



