Species novae ex ,Great Basin“ (Nevada et California). 285 
broadly linear-lanceolate, 8: mm long; corolla deep purple; petals 8 mm 
long and 6 mm wide, attenuate at the base; stamens and style of 
nearly equal length; capsule sparsely pubescent, 8—12 mm long, attenuate 
at the apex. 
Nearest to G. Tenella from which it is easily separated by the shape 
and texture of the leaves, Type (accession No. 55038) collected at Sierra 
Valley, Sierra County, California, July, 1904, Miss Helen Hamlin. 
4, Oreocarya hispida A. Nelson et P. B. Kennedy, 1. c., p. 156. 
Caudex about 5 cm long, rather slender, apparently biennial; stems 
several, about 1—1,5 dm high, floriferous almost to the base; leaves ob- 
lanceolate-spatulate, with long petioles dilated at the base, 2,5—5 cm long 
including petiole; old leaves pubescent-hispid, silvery-gray; new leaves 
- pilose-hispid, greener; inflorescence thyrsoid-glomerate; pedicels about 3 
mm long; calyx segments 4 mm long, linear-lanceolate, equaling the tube 
of the corolla, very densely hispid; corolla cream-colored, tube 3 mm long, 
obes 3 mm long, orbicular; crests at base of each lobe conspicuous; 
anthers almost sessile; nutlets forming an ovoid-pyramidal fruit, narrowed 
above, rather acute, more or less rugose or tuberculated on the back, 
margins angular; style elongated. 
Collected in Carson Valley, Ormsby County, Nevada, April 24, 1904, 
No. 865 (type). G. H. True. 
5. Cryptanthe densiflora A. Nelson et P. B. Kennedy, L c., p. 156. 
Root biennial, stout; plant hispid throughout, about 2 dm high, 
branching profusely from the base into numerous slender stems; stems 
thickly clustered with flowers above and below; leaves few, oblong to 
linear, about 1—2 cm long; fruiting calyx closed; segments linear-lanceo- 
late, 2,5 mm long, hispid; corolla 2 mm long, its lobes 1 mm long, nut- 
lets 1 or 2, light gray, 1,5 mm long, minutely scabrous-muricate. 
Allied to C. muriculata but with smaller nutlets, very slender numerous 
branches, and profuse inflorescence. Collected at Verdi, Washoe County, 
Nevada, September 29, 1904, No. 952 (type) P. B. Kennedy. 
6. Cryptanthe nevadensis A. Nelson et P. B. Kennedy, I. c., p. 157. 
Plant about 2 dm high, branched from the base; leaves few, linear- 
lanceolate, pilose-hispid, from 1—2 cm long, usually one at the base of 
each branchlet; fruiting calyx open, segments with a strong central vein, 
linear, 5 mm long, about twice the length of the nutlets, pilese, also 
beset with stiff bristles; these about 2 mm long and swollen at the 
base; corolla white, 2 mm long; corolla-lobes 1 mm long with minute 
brown veins; nutlets 4, and all alike, ovate-acuminate, 2 mm long, minu- 
tely-scabrous, 
Allied to C. geminata and. C. affinis. Type (accession No. 55039) 
collected in a dry gulch at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, June 16, 1893. 
F, H. Hillman. 
1. Cryptanthe Hillmanii A. Nelson et P. B. Kennedy, |. e., p. 157. 
Annual, 1—2 dm high, very slender, pilose throughout; leaves few, 
linear, 1—2 cm long, calyx-segments densely pilose, about 2 mm long, 
