SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
awn 2 inches long ; palet shorter than the glume, obtuse 
or retuse, ciliate on the nerves. 
This species grows in stout tufts along the banks of 
streams, at from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. The culms are very 
leafy and robust; hence, perhaps of some value. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 8.41 
Ash —_ 4.21 
Fat_____ 3.13 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 5.69 
Crude fiber- __ 17.90 
Nitrogen-free extract_ 69.07 
Total_100.00 
AGROPYRUM TENERUM (Vasey). 
(Wheat Grass; Clump Wheat Grass.) 
Stems from fibrous roots, smooth, slender, geniculate 
at the lower joint, often 4 feet high ; leaves flat, scabrous, 
3 to 6 inches long, about four on a stem; sheaths smooth, 
shorter than the nodes; ligule nearly obsolete; spike 
slender, nodding, 4 to 8 inches long; spikelets about five- 
flowered, appressed to the rhachis; outer glumes equal, 
prominently five to seven-nerved, obtuse; flowering glume 
obscurely five-nerved above, rounded below, very scabrous 
all over; palet shorter than its glume, truncate. 
A hay grass maturing early. Common in this 
region in moist meadows and in waste places. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 7.86 
Ash_ 6.28 
Fat_ h _ 2.04 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 6.15 
Crude fiber_ 20.20 
Nitrogen-free extract_ 65.33 
Total_— 100.00 
