SOME COLORADO GRASSES. 
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TRIFOLIUM ERIOCEPHALUM (Nutt). 
(Clover.) 
Stems 12 to 20 inches high, villous, with spreading 
hairs or glabrate; leaflets oblong, acuminate, glabrate, 
serrulate; flowers whitish, in densely-flowered heads; 
calyx teeth spreading, very narrow, villous; ovary hairy. 
This plant is a chief constituent of the native irri¬ 
gated meadows, in North Park. Stockmen consider it 
valuable. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 9.96 
Ash_ 7.29 
Fat_ 3.96 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 19.25 
Crude fiber_ 14.15 
Nitrogen-free extract_55.35 
Total_100.00 
JUNCUS BALTICUS (Dethard). 
(Wire Grass.) 
Scapes from creeping root-stocks, naked, the basal 
sheath leafless and with broad, scarious margins; sepals 
almost equaling the triangular, mucronate capsule, the 
inner shorter than the outer, and with more pronounced, 
scarious margins; seeds ovate, three-angled. 
, Abundant in wet meadows and valued highly by 
stockmen. 
ANALYSIS. 
Moisture_ 8.68 
Ash_ 6.38 
Fat_ 3.15 
Albuminoid nitrogen_ 8.55 
Crude fiber_ 34.35 
Nitrogen-free extract - 47.57 
Total 
100.00 
