SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
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PANICUM DICHOTOMUM (L.). 
(Panic Grass.) 
Stems robust, widely spreading, almost csespitose; 
leaves lanceolate, flat, somewhat hairy on the upper sur¬ 
face ; ligule a fringe of hairs; lateral panicles included 
in the sheaths; terminal panicle usually free, equalled by 
the upper leaf; spikelets oblong; outer glumes unequal, 
the outer broadly ovate, scarious; upper equalling the 
flowering glume, which is seven-nerved; palet shorter 
than its glume. 
This species on adobe soil near Pueblo. Not gener¬ 
ally distributed in the State. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 8.06 
Ash_ 9.55 
Fat_ 3.20 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 9.45 
Crude fiber__16.24 
Nitrogen-free extract_61.56 
Total_100.00 
PANICUM VIRGATUM (L.), var. GLAUCEPHYLLA. 
Not so plentiful as the species from which it differs 
in the glaucous leaves and sheaths; hairy on the margins. 
