SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
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PANICUM CAPILLARE (L.). 
(Old Witch Grass.) 
Culms erect or spreading, 6 inches to 2 feet; sheaths 
and leaves hairy; the upper sheath enclosing the base of 
the panicle; the latter very diffuse, compound, with long 
capillary branches. 
Abundant in cultivated ground late in summer. A 
bad weed. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 8.50 
Ash_ 9.70 
Fat_ 2.78 
Albuminoid nitrogen_12.34 
Crude fiber_ _ 18.71 
Nitrogen-free extract_56.47 
Total_100.00 
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PANICUM CAPILLARE (L.), var. MINIMUM (Engel). 
Culms 3 to 4 inches high; leaves less than 1 inch 
long, scarious and ciliate on the margins; sheaths smooth, 
striate, twisted ; ligule truncate, erose ; branches of the 
panicle very rough, spreading; spikelets on long pedicels; 
outer glumes linear, acute, whitish, about equal, rough on 
the mid-vein; sterile flower, keeled, mucronate; fertile 
flower, obtuse or bidentate. 
Common on the plains on moist, alkaline meadows; 
flowering late in June. Of no value. 
