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



109. 1906. Sand bunchgras.s. 



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; Farniington; Tierra Amarilla; 

 Santa Fe; Canjilon; Ramah; Zuni; Pecoa; Torrance; Albuquerque; Reserve; Mesilla; 

 ^\^lite 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 micrantha Trin. & Rupr. M^m. Acad. St. P^tersb. VI. Sci. 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 asperifoKa 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 jjrolonged beyond the floret; glumes 2, compressed-carinate, equal, usually ciliate 

 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-cylindric; awns less than half as long as the glumes. . . 1. P. pratense. 

 Spikes short, ovoid or oblong; awns about half as long as the glumes.. 2. P. alpinum. 



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

 Type locality: "Habitat in Europae versuris & 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; Ruidoso Creek; 

 Gilmores Ranch. 



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

 Type locality: "Habitat in Alpibus." 



Range: Alaska and British America to California, Arizona, and New Hampshire; 

 also in Europe and South America. 



New Mexico: Tunitcha Mountains; Chama; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains. 

 Meadows, Canadian to Arctic-Alpine Zone. 



29. ALOPECURUS L. Marsh foxtail. 



Annuals or perennials with erect or ascending culms, flat leaves, and densely 

 flowered cylindrical spikelike terminal panicles; spikelets 1-flowered, strongly flat- 

 tened; rachilla jointed below t]ie glumes; glumes equal, awnless, more or less ciliate, 



