WOOTON AND STANDLEY FLORA OF NEW MEXICO. 13*7 



6. Yucca baccata Torr. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 221. 1859. Datil. 

 Type locality: High table lands between the Rio Grande and the Gila, New 



Mexico. 



Range: New Mexico to Colorado and Nevada. 



New Mexico: Farmington; Raton; Carrizo Mountains; Tunitcha Mountains; Hur- 

 rah Creek; Santa Fe Canyon; Crawfords Ranch; Socorro; Fairview; Rincon; Carriza- 

 lillo Mountains; Florida Mountains; Organ Mountains; Burro Mountains; Bear Moun- 

 tains. Dry hills and high plains, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



The species is the low, stiff-leaved Yucca of the rocky ridges and mesas at the 

 bases of the mountains. It is the largest flowered of our species. The fruit, too, is 

 characteristic, somewhat resembling the eastern pawj^awin general appearance. The 

 Indians of New Mexico slice the ripe fruit and dry it in the sun for use in winter. 

 When fresh, it has a peculiar sweet taste and is quite palatable. 



7. Yucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Engelm. Bot. Gaz. 6: 224. 1881. Palma. 

 Yucca baccata vmcrocarpa Torr. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 221. 1859. 



Type locality: On the plains of western Texas near the Limpio. 



Range: Western Texas to southern Arizona and southward. 



New Mexico: SUver City; Fort Bayard; Las Cruces; Tortugas Mountain. Mesaa 

 and plains, in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 



This the common broad -leaved Yucca or "dagger" of the mesas of the southern 

 part of the State. It is used not a little for decorative purposes in this region and is 

 very effective. It is easily transplanted and under cultivation becomes 5 to 6 meters 

 high. The leaves are used extensiA^ely by the various Indians, notably the Apaches, 

 in their basketry. By using different parts of the leaves, different colors are secured 

 for forming designs, the outer part of the leaf being greenish yellow and the inner 

 white. 



8. Yucca schottii Engelm. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 3: 46. 1873. 

 Type locality: Upper Santa Cruz River in southern Ai-izona. 



Range: Southwestern New Mexico, southern Arizona, and northern Mexico. 



New Mexico: Indian Canyon, Animas Mountains; San Luis Mountains. Lower 

 Sonoran Zone. 



A little-known arborescent species with smooth, glaucous leaves and pubescent 

 inflorescence. It is known with us only in the extreme southwest corner of the State. 



2. NOLINA Michx. Beargrass. 



Coarse-leaved perennials, the leaves linear, sen-ulate; inflorescence of a stout, nearly 

 naked stem, paniculately branched above; flowers polygamo-dicecious, small, with 

 whitish oblong-lanceolate segments; stamens included ; fruit indehiscent, thin-walled, 

 with subglobose seeds. 



key to the species. 



Leaves 6 mm. wide or less, the edges smooth 1. N. greenei. 



Leaves 6 to 12 mm. wide, scabrous on the edges 2. N. microcarpa. 



1. Nolina greenei S. Wats.; Trel. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 50: 418. 1911. 



Type locality: Between the Purgatory and Apeshipa rivers, north of Trinidad, 

 Colorado. 



Range: Southeastern Colorado to New Mexico. 



New Mexico: San Miguel County; White Mountains. Dry hills, in the Upper 

 Sonoran Zone. 



