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SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
GLYCERIA NERVATA (Trin.). 
Culms leafy, 2 to 4 feet high; leaves Hat., finely scab¬ 
rous, the longest 1 foot or more long; ligule truncate, 
short; sheaths not closed; panicle somewhat one-sided, 6 
to 8 inches long, slender and pendulous from the weight 
of the seeds; branches flexuous, solitary or in 2s or 3s, 
scabrous; spikelets five to seven-flowered, brown or pur¬ 
plish ; outer glumes small, unequal; flowering glume 
seven-nerved, finely scabrous, apex convex ; palet equal, 
elliptical in outline, finely ciliate on the nerves. 
Abundant in moist, shady locations, at high eleva¬ 
tions. The panicles are relished by stock. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 8.10 
Ash_ 8.65 
Fat_ 2.59 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 6.44 
Crude fiber_19.15 
Nitrogen-free extract_ 63.17 
Total _ __100.00 
[See cut on opposite page.] 
GLYCERI A PAIJCIFLORA (Presl.). 
Culms leafy, 2 to 4 feet high, from running root¬ 
stocks ; sheaths smooth, split; leaves somewhat scabrous; 
ligules prominent; panicle 3 to 6' long; branches in 2s 
or 3s, erect, flowering for more than half their length; 
spikelet two-flowered [book says four to six]; flowering 
glume seven or eight-nerved, convex near apex, finely 
scabrous, tip scarious and toothed; panicle sparsely 
flowered; sheaths split. 
