. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 42 times when not covered with snow, and is frequently cut for hay. It forms dense jjatches of greater or less extent on hillsides, mesas, and plains. It is also called "Black grama," and is largely for hay, being uprooted with a hoe. (Pringle.) No. 121. Hilaria rigida (Thurb.) Scribn. Galleta. (Fig. 49.) In the driest regions of southern California and Ari- zona, growing in the deserts where other grasses are rarely seen. It has coarse, much branched, and woody stems, 2 feet high or more, growing in gr
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 42 times when not covered with snow, and is frequently cut for hay. It forms dense jjatches of greater or less extent on hillsides, mesas, and plains. It is also called "Black grama," and is largely for hay, being uprooted with a hoe. (Pringle.) No. 121. Hilaria rigida (Thurb.) Scribn. Galleta. (Fig. 49.) In the driest regions of southern California and Ari- zona, growing in the deserts where other grasses are rarely seen. It has coarse, much branched, and woody stems, 2 feet high or more, growing in great clumps, resembling in its habit some; of the dwarf bamboos. The stems and leaf sheaths are clothed with a dense, white-matted pubescence, which gives to the grass a peculiarly striking appearance. In the regions where it grows it is regarded as valuable forage for pack animals and mules, there being little other vegetation which they can eat. Without this grass miners and prospectors would lind great difliculty in travers- ing the arid mountain and desert regions of the Southwest, since scarcely any other forage plants occur in the districts oc- cupied by it (Orcntt). The Hilarias, of which we liave four species, are grasses peculiarly adapted for growth in the drier lands of the S o n t h \v c s t, and al- though they are, with the exception of Hilaria cenchroides, wiry and tough, the forage they att'ord is very accept- able in the absence of more succulent Pin. 40.—Galleta {Tlilaria rigida). No. 122. Holcuslanatus Velvet-grass. () A perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, with a creeping rootstock, and stems and leaves clothed all over with a soft, whitish pubescence. Tliis grass has been introduced into this country from Europe, and has become naturalized in many ])laces. It possesses little nutritive value, and is not well liked by stock, particularly horses. It pdsscsscs some value, however, on peaty or sandy soils where the better grasses will not grow.
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