10 BULLETIN 1345, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .- 
As a forage plant A. hastata is of value only as one of the suc- 
culent weedy annuals eaten with grass or other dried feed, or by 
itself when dried, in the absence of better feed, by cattle and sheep. 
It is usually present in some quantity in prairie hay cut from the salt 
marshes where it grows. Cattle turned out into the fields near Salt 
Lake City, Utah, to clean up the forage after the crops have been 
taken off, browse freely on plants of this species, which grow as field 
weeds along fence rows and on ditch banks. 
ATRIPLEX HOLOCARPA F. von Muell. 
Atriplex holocarpa is one of the Australian species considered 
worthy of introduction into the United States. The Wyoming ex- 
periment station reported that 1t was a good forage crop, but not 
suited to the climate of that State (/9). 
The sample analyzed contained, on an air-dry basis, 5.7 per cent 
of moisture, and, on a moisture-free basis, 30.2 per cent of ash, 1.3 
per cent of ether extract, 16.8 per cent of crude fiber, 33 per cent of 
nitrogen-free extract, and 18.7 per cent of protein. 
ATRIPLEX JONESII Standl.° 
Atriplex jonesu, called “ quelite salada” (Pl. V, fig. 1), is a much- 
branched perennial, usually not more than 18 or 20 inches high. The 
bases of the erect stems are woody. The leaves are oblong or oval, 
mostly about an inch long and half an inch wide, with smooth mar- 
gins, and of leathery texture. The whole plant is grayish-white, 
with a dense scurfy coating. The small, flat, toothed seed pods 
are borne in crowded panicles on the upper parts of the stems. 
This plant grows fairly abundantly on the plains of northwestern 
New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, southwestern Colorado, and 
probably southeastern Utah. It will stand relatively large quantities 
of alkali in the soil, as well as a scanty water supply and compara- 
tively low winter temperatures. 
Department sample 11113 (G) was collected in October, 1915, on 
the plains along the Little Colorado River near Winslow, Ariz., the 
type locality of the species. Department sample 7250 (W) consists 
of material in full, ripe fruit, with the leaves green and succulent, 
although the plants had been subjected to a temperature of —11° F. 
only a few days before being taken. It was collected at Winslow, 
Ariz., January 11, 1919. 
| Composition (water-free basis) 
| 4 4 
Sample Moisture 
| 
2 1 Nitrogen- | 
| | Ether Crude | | . Pento- 
Ash Saag Re free | Protein erie 
| extract Biber). dake sans 
| 
| | 
| 
| Per cent Per cent | Per cent 
41.8 9.1 19.8 
Department 7250 (W)-_--------- | 5.7 PAG a) 241 22. 6 | 33. 6 20. 2 (1) 
~ 
: : | Percent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent 
Department 11113 (G) | Bit 19.8 Dao 27.0 
1 Not determined. 
Cattle, sheep, and goats browse on the plants of this species, which 
form a large part of the range feed in the area of distribution. 
9A, sabulosa M. BE. Jones; A. cuneata A. Nelson. 
