SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
61 
ELYMUS (Species ?). 
(Lyme Grass.) 
Culms smooth, 2 to 3 feet high; geniculate at base 
.and at some of the upper nodes; leaves flat, finely scab¬ 
rous* especially above; sheaths smooth, shorter than the 
nodes; ligule nearly obsolete; spike slender, densely 
flowered, nodding or very rigid; spikelets in pairs, about 
three-flowered; outer glumes three, subulate, finely scab¬ 
rous, terminating in an awn the length of the spike; 
flowering glume glistening, rounded on the back, obscurely 
nerved, tipped with a rough, straight awn ; palet minutely 
toothed. 
Along streams, east face of Rocky Mountains and at 
Canon City. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 7.39 
Ash_ 5.34 
Fat_ 2.54 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 10.33 
Crude fiber__21.99 
Nitrogen-free extract_ 59.80 
. Total 
100.00 
