. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 71 It ia an elesaiit form of No. 232. Stipa leucotricha Trin. & Enpr. Bearded Mesqnite. Au erect ]>ereiii)ial 1 to 3 feet bigli, with very nnrrow leaves aud a loose pauicle- witli a ft'W loiiff-awDed spikclets. One of the best native hay grasses of oentnil and southern Texas. No. 233. Stipa pemiata Linn. A native of southern Europe, 1 to 2 feet liigh, growing in dry, open ground, aud often fultivated in gardens as an ornamental, the very long, slender awns being clothed with spreading, silky hairs, p
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 71 It ia an elesaiit form of No. 232. Stipa leucotricha Trin. & Enpr. Bearded Mesqnite. Au erect ]>ereiii)ial 1 to 3 feet bigli, with very nnrrow leaves aud a loose pauicle- witli a ft'W loiiff-awDed spikclets. One of the best native hay grasses of oentnil and southern Texas. No. 233. Stipa pemiata Linn. A native of southern Europe, 1 to 2 feet liigh, growing in dry, open ground, aud often fultivated in gardens as an ornamental, the very long, slender awns being clothed with spreading, silky hairs, presenting a very graceful plume-like appearance. A variety of this grass {Stipai^ennaia neo-mexicana) grows wild in the mountain regions of western Texas aud Arizona, the species, growing in clumps 6 1o 12 inches in di- ameter, and is deserving the attention of the No. 234. Stipa setigera Presl. Bear-grass. A native of California, extending northward to Oregon and eastward through New Mexico and Arizona to Texas. It is common on the coast ranges and on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where it is re. garded as one of the most valuable of the native bunch No. 235. Stipa spartea Trin. Torcnpine-grass. Rather stout, 18 inches to 3 feet high, with long leaves and few-flowered panicles. The stout and twisted awns are 3 to 6 inches long, and at the base of the tloweriug glume is a long aud very sharp- pointed callus. When mature, the awned llowering glumes soon fall off, leaving the large, pale, straw- colored, |)ersistent empty glumes, which impart to the panicle a characteristic oat-like appearance. The awns, when dry, are bent and very strongly twisted, but when moistened they gradually untwist, a character which enables the seeds to bury them- selves in the ground, this being possible on account of the very sharp callus at the base of the fruiting srlume. The same character also rendci's the seeds of this grass dangerous to sheep, as they readily become atta
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