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1. Oryzopsis hymenioides (Roem. & Schult.) Ricker, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 11: 



109. 1906. Sand bunchgrass. 



Stipa hymenioides Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 339. 1817. 



Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt. Gen. PI. 1: 40. 1818. 



Oryzopsis cuspidata Benth.; Vasey, U. S. Dept. Agr. Spec. Rep. 63: 23. 1883. 



Type locality: "Ad litora fluvii Missouri." 



Range: 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. 1863: 78. 1863. 

 Urachne micrayitha Trin. & Rupr. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sri. Nat. 5': 16. 1842. 

 Type locality: 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 locality: "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. Timothy. 



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 filiate 

 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-cylindrie; awns less than half as long as the glumes. . . 1. /'. pratense. 

 Spikes short, (i void or oblong; awns about half as long as the glumes.. 2. /'. alpinum. 



1. Phleum pratense L. Sp. PI. 59. 1753. Timothy. 

 Type locality: "Habitat in Europae versuria <k 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; Ruido o I reek; 

 Gilmoree Ranch. 



2. Phleum alpinum L. Sp. PI. 59. 1753. MOUNTAIN timothy. 

 Type locale ■> " llaliii.it in Alpibus." 



Range: Alaska and Britiah America to California, Arizona, and Now Bampahire; 

 al " in Europe and Smith Amerira 



New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains; < hama; Santa Fe and las Vegas mountains. 

 Meadows, Canadian t" Arctic-Alpine Zone. 



29. ALOPECURUS L. Mabbb TOXTAE 



Vnnuale or perennials with erecl or ascending culms flat leav( . and densel) 

 flowered cylindrical spikelike terminal panicl< . pikelet i flowered, strongly Bat- 

 tened; rachilla jointed below the glum< b; glumes equal, awnle - more or leas i Lliate, 



