29 
Collections were made as follows: 
Sporobolus er sige var. strictus. 
Com y eaten when young. I have noted it at every 
stop from eae to this point, and have rarely found a plant 
which had been touched by stock, even where other grasses 
were eaten closely. 
Sporobolus airoides. 
Common invalleys throughout Utah, but eaten only when young, 
and not valued for hay. — 
se or yids ifolius. 
Ver, mon. 
Agropyrum aac (Blue-grass, blue-stem). 
Quite common and regarded as the best native species. Grows 
ee. 4 feet high. It is abundant from here to Denver. 
Bouteloua polystachya, var. 
A tew plants seen in cultivated ground. 
MM ~—. SqUarrosa, 
mmon, but not eaten by stock. Also seen at Denver. 
Panicum capillare, var. 
Common. 
Panicum erus-galli, var, 
Several of the more commou forms are abundant on the river- 
bank. 
Agrostis vulgaris. 
Rather common in irrigated land. 
Schedonnardus Texa 
Common and eee well in spring; but worthless after becoming 
x 
Atriplex canescens (Shad-seale). 
Perhaps the most important forage plant here after frost. 
Juncus nodosus, var. megacephalus. 
Said to be eaten well, especially by horses. 
S. M. Tracy. 
JANUARY, 1888, 
