Munroa squarrosa. 



Found in small quantities in one locality. 

 G hi oris verticillata. 



Common on low, sandy land. 



Andropogon saccharoides, var. 



Common on low, sandy land, where it is valued highly for hay 

 and used wben young for pasture. 

 Polypogon Monspeliensis. 



Common at the edge of streams and in swampy places through 

 New Mexico and Arizona. It varies from 1 inch to 2 feet in 

 height, and is not eaten when other food is to be had. 

 Polypogon littoralls. 



Common with the above in wet ground. 

 Eragrostis Pursliii. 



Eare. 

 Stipa pennata, var. Neo Mexicana. 



Occasionally seen on the mesa. 

 Scleropogon KarwinsManus. 



Quite common on the bigh mesa above the lava beds. 

 M u h lenbergia Texana. 



Abundant among rocks on the side of the lava bed. 

 Selaria caudata. 



Bather common near the base of the lava bed. 

 Bromus racemosus. (Introduced.) 



A single plant seen. 

 Balea scoparia. 



Very abundant on the mesa near the lava beds. It furnishes 

 almost the entire forage in the dry season. 

 Juncus Baltieus, var., and a species of Eleocharis form fully two-thirds 

 of the growth of the low meadows which are cut for hay. 

 Pastures containing the same species are eaten closely and 

 evenly. 



Coolidge, New Mexico, June 19. 



Coolidge is located (3 miles west of the Continental Divide, in a valley 

 some 5 miles wide, with buttes perhaps 1,500 feet high upon the north, 

 and sloping hills fully as high upon the south. There is no water for 

 many miles In any direction except that obtained from wells. The val- 

 ley or pass over the divide reaches from near Blue water to Winslow, 

 Ariz., and through its whole length is dry except in the rainy season. 

 In the canons are occasional springs which afford scanty water for the 

 few sheep and goats kept by the Indians, but water in sufficient quan- 

 tity for cattle or horses is rarely found except where wells have been 

 dug. Very little stock is kept here, and there is no farming of any 



