SALTBUSHES AND THEIR ALLIES IN THE UNITED STATES 23 
DONDIA SUFFRUTESCENS (S. Wats.) Heller 17 
Dondia suffrutescens is a plant from 2 to 3 feet high, with suc- 
culent leaves and young stems, woody at the base. It resembles 
D. fruticosa very closely, except that it is often dull red. 
It grows in alkaline soils in southern New Mexico, western Texas, 
and adjacent Mexico. It is also fairly abundant on gypsum soil. 
The Mexicans often call it yerba del burro, possibly confusing it 
with the burro-weed (Allenrolfea) of that region, but probably 
giving it that name because.it is freely eaten by burros. 
Department sample 7233 (W), consisting of the more succulent 
parts of fruit-laden leafy branches, collected near State College, 
N. Mex., October 22, 1915, contained, on an air-dry basis, 5.7 per cent 
of moisture, and, on a water-free basis, 30.7 per cent of ash, 1.3 per 
cent of ether extract, 25 per cent of crude fiber, 28.2 per cent of 
nitrogen-free extract, 14.8 per cent of protein, and 11.6 per cent of 
pentosans. 
Livestock eat this species fairly freely where other feed is poor, 
which is the case throughout much of its distribution area. 
ENDOLEPIS DIOICA (Nutt.) Standl. 
Endolepis dioica is a small plant, closely related to and in many 
ways resembling several of the annual saltbushes (Atriplex spp.). It 
is a much-branched, gray annual herb, with small leaves crowded on 
the stems. Its flowers are inconspicuous, and the flower clusters are 
covered with fine cobwebby hairs. It produces seed freely. 
It was named from material collected near Fort Mandan, N. Dak., 
and its distribution is from the western Dakotas into Wyoming and 
Montana. It is usually one of the first plants to take possession of 
the denuded gumbo soils of the Dakota region. It prefers alkaline 
soil. 
Department sample 10924 (G), collected on washed gumbo soil 
at Fort Pierre,S. Dak., September 4, 1914, contained, on an air-dry 
basis, 3.6 per cent of moisture, and, on a water-free basis, 45.9 per 
cent of ash, 1.8 per cent of ether extract, 11.3 per cent of crude fiber, 
29.3 per cent of nitrogen-free extract, 11.7 per cent of protein, and 
10 per cent of pentosans. 
Ff, dioica is an important forage plant for sheep and cattle on the 
partially denuded alkaline soils of its area of distribution. The 
readiness with which it takes possession of bare soit makes it im- 
portant in the revegetation of overgrazed lands. 
EUROTIA LANATA (Pursh) Mog. 
HLurotia lanata is a perennial, 1 or 2 feet high, with many erect 
stems in a cluster, woody at the base only. (Pl. VIII, fig. 2.) Its 
leaves are small and narrow. The whole plant is ash-gray, being 
covered with a thick coat of short white hairs. The flowers are 
small and inconspicuous, but the seeds are borne in clusters of white, 
hairy, one-seeded pods at the ends of the stems. These silky-white 
seed pods give rise to the name white sage. 
This species grows rather abundantly on plains and hillsides from 
Washington and Saskatchewan to western North Dakota and south 
% Suaeda suffrutescens S. Watson. 
