12 BULLETIN 1345, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
crude fiber, 34.9 per cent of nitrogen-free extract, and 21.3 per cent 
of protein. 
ATRIPLEX LEUCOPHYLLA (Mog.) D. Dietr. 
Atriplex leucophylla is a prostrate perennial, with vinelike herb- 
aceous stems, 1 foot to several feet in length, rising from a woody 
base. The young branches and the thick leaves are densely white 
and scurfy. The leaves are less than an inch long, elliptical, and 
without teeth or petioles. The flowers and fruit are produced in 
crowded terminal spikes. 
This species grows along the sea beaches of California, from San 
Francisco south to Lower California, in sandy and saline soils. 
Department sample 8905 (G), consisting of leafy branches, 6 to 
18 inches long, with mature fruit, collected near Santa Barbara, 
Calif., September 13, 1907, contained, on an air-dry basis, 5.6 per 
cent 58 moisture, and, on a water- rss basis, 30.3 per cent of ash, 
2.5 per cent of ether extract, 18.2 per cent of crude fiber, 43.8 per 
cent of nitrogen-free extract, 5.2 per cent of protein, and 13.9 per 
cent of pentosans. 
ATRIPLEX LINDLEYI Mog. 
Atriplex lindleyr, another of the Australian saltbushes, is a low- 
growing, shrubby species, a foot or 2 feet high, from the central 
desert region of Austraha. This plant was first tested in the Cali- 
fornia experiment station (75), which recommended it as one of the 
best of the shrubby erect Australan species for California condi- 
tions. As a result of tests at the South Dakota experiment station 
in 1900 (26), it was suggested as a possible forage plant for that part 
of South Dakota lying west of the Missouri “River, especially on 
alkah soils. It was also cultivated at Laramie, Wyo. (19), but, 
although recommended as a forage plant of value, it was believed to 
be unsuited to the climate of Wyoming. 
Composition (water-free basis) 
Mois- rat Phil ees | 
cage ture Ether | Crude | Nitro- 
Ash ; ’ | gen-free | Protein 
extract fiber ectrnch 
Per cent | Per cent | Percent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent 
South Dakota (26), ee2200 s0s 2 ee Tt eee : 17.5 3.3 Zot 33. 2 20. 2 
NEO TOMLIN 9 (1G) eee ts eR ea eee 4.8 30. 4 i 3} 15. 0 35.5 17.8 
ATRIPLEX NUTTALLII S. Wats. 
Atriplex nuttallii (P\. VI, fig. 1) is a low, branching perennial, 
1 to 2 feet high, with many erect leafy stems, rising from a woody 
base. The whole plant is dull gray-green; the leaves and young stems 
are densely scurfy. The leaves are 1% inches long or less, half as 
wide, elliptical, and rather thick. The seed pods are covered with 
coarse projections and thick, toothed wings. 
This species is widely distributed on alkaline plains and hillsides 
from Manitoba and Saskatchewan southward to Utah, Colorado, 
and western Nebraska. It is even credited to areas still farther 
south, probably because of incorrect identification of closely similar 
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