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rare weeds in the llelds, gardens and orchards, usually 

 appearnig m the late summer in fields from which crops have 

 been taken or orchards tiiat have not been properly culti- 

 vated. Most of them are not hard to kill out and ^ome of 

 them are eaten by stock allowed to run in such fields. Pastures 

 that are run down are apt to contain them. The species of 

 Eriochloa mentioned below (it has no vernacular name; is 

 of common occurrence under such conditions and is of no 

 impoitance otherwise. None of the species so far menfJoncd 

 grow on the open ranges, neither on the plains or mesas nor 

 in the timbered areas, hence are not available to the .s«:ock 

 tlial might and ijrobably would eat them. 



One of the species of Paspalwn mentioned below is a 

 common creeping grass with a two parted panicle, each di- 

 vision having the small seed-like spikelets arranged in a 

 single row on one side of the rachis. It will grow only in 

 very wet soil and is a common weed in the bottoms of the 

 smaller ditches, the seeds germinating in the muddy sediment 

 deposited from the water, where it is a great nuisance. The 

 other two species are rare in the eastern part of the State, 

 coming in from Oklalioma and 'i'exas, and are of little 

 importance. 



Of the remaining species listed in the tribe several 

 .are of more or less importance Imt they mostlv have no 

 common names by which to refer to them. The single species 

 of Valota is a not infrequent bunch grass in the foot-hills of 

 the mountains in rocky gravelly soil where it forms a small 

 though not unimportant part of the wild forage crop. It is 

 about 18 inches to 2 feet high, grows in small scattered 

 bunches and lias a tine white wooly panicle 4 to ('^ inches 

 long. 



Vine Mesoiite Grass (Panicuin obtusum) is a 

 species which is common on the plains and some places in 

 the valleys over a large part of the State. It may be 

 recognized by the slender panicle. 8 inches to a foot high, of 



