SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
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BROMUS KALMII (Gray), var. PORTERI. 
(Brojie Grass.) 
Stems slender, smooth, 1 to 2 feet high; leaves and 
sheaths scabrous; panicle compound, drooping ; spikelets 
silky, hairy, seven to nine-flowered; outer glumes obtuse, 
three-nerved ; flowering glume about seven-nerved, termi¬ 
nating in a straight awn about 2 lines long. 
This species was procured at Del Norte, where it is 
said to be abundant and valuable for winter feed. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 7.91 
Ash_ 7.68 
Fat_ 2.30 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 9.40 
Crude fiber_ 15.19 
Nitrogen-free extract_65.43 
Total_100.00 
BROMUS SECALINUS (L.). 
(Chess or Cheat.) 
Culms erect, 2 to 4 feet high, rough below, hairy at 
the nodes ; leaves linear, hairy above; sheaths shorter 
than the nodes, rough; ligule short, laciniate; panicle 
spreading, with nodding spikelets ; outer glumes unequal, 
the lower five-nerved, the upper seven-nerved, finely scab¬ 
rous all over; flowering glume five to seven-nerved; 
apex two-toothed ; awn straight, rough or absent; palet 
slightly exceeding its glume, two-toothed. 
This ornamental, but worthless, grass is now common 
on the plains, in waste places. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 7.00 
Ash_ 10.86 
Fat_ 2.27 
Albuminoid nitrogen- 8.89 
Crude fiber_ 19.20 
Nitrogen-free extract-58.78 
Total 
100 00 * 
