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SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
the outer, conspicuously three-nerved, acute; palet acute, 
nearly equaling the glume. 
This grass is common on the plains and in the 
mountains, up to 7,000 feet. On the plains it favors 
shaded, rather moist localities, but in the mountains it 
occurs in exposed situations in the clefts of rocks. It is a 
desirable species. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture -- 7.24 
Ash_ 9.31 
Fat_ 2.37 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 6.80 
Crude fiber_ 19.50 
Nitrogen-free extract_ 62.02 
Total_100.00 
MUHLENBERGIA WRIGHTII (Vasey). 
Stems erect, branching, pale, finely scabrous ; sheaths 
much shorter than the nodes; ligule short, truncate; 
leaves involute, rigid, pungently pointed, rough ; panicle 
spicate, 2 to 6 inches long ; branches solitary, appressed, 
flowering their whole length, the lower two somewhat 
distant; outer glumes scabrous on the keel, bristle pointed, 
nearly equal; flowering glume finely scabrous, blackish, 
pungently pointed; palet acute, shorter than the glume. 
This grass occurs in dry, rocky, exposed situations, 
at about 7,000 feet. It is a desirable species for trial. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 7.81 
Ash_ 7.58 
Fat_ 3.29 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 7.31 
Crude fiber_ 19.00 
Nitrogen-free extract_ 62.82 
Total_100.00 
