WOOTON AND STANDLEY—FLORA OF NEW MEXICO. 545 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Fruit conic or ovoid, the nutlets touching each other; flowers 
large, the calyx 8 to 10 mm. long. 
Corolla yellow. .....-.22.-2 2222-2 eee eee eee ee eee eee eee 1. O. lutescens. 
Corolla white. 
Cauline leaves rounded-obtuse, scarcely reduced; lateral 
divisions of the inflorescence long-pedunculate 
even in flower. ...........2....222----2------- 2. O. urticacea. 
Cauline leaves acute, much reduced; lateral divisions 
of the inflorescence pedunculate only in age, if 
at all. 
Inflorescence and stems yellow-hispid; corolla tube 
much exserted......................--.... 3. O. fulvocanescens. 
Inflorescence and stems mostly grayish, never 
bright yellow; corolla tube very slightly, if 
at all, exserted.........2............-...-. 4. O. hispidissima. 
Fruit depressed; nutlets separated by an open space; flowers 
smaller, the calyx seldom more than 5 mm. long. 
Plants tall, the inflorescence much exceeding the leaves, 
not grayish, densely yellowish-hispid above; racemes 
elongated........ 0.0.2.2 ee 5. O. multicaulis. 
Plants low, the inflorescence only slightly exceeding the 
leaves, grayish, not yellowish-hispid above; racemes 
short and dense... . 2 ....---- 222 ee eee eee eee eee eee 6. O. suffruticosa. 
1. Oreocarya lutescens Greene, Pittonia 4: 93. 1899. 
Type Localiry: Hills above Aztec, New Mexico. Type collected by Baker (no. 
562). 
Rance: Known only from the type locality, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 
2. Oreocarya urticacea Woot. & Standl. Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 16: 166. 1913. 
Type Locauiry: Canyoncito, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Type collected by 
Heller (no. 3731). 
Rance: Northern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Canyoncito; Glorieta; Sierra Grande. Low hills, in the Upper 
Sonoran Zone. 
3. Oreocarya fulvocanescens (S. Wats.) Greene, Pittonia 1: 58. 1887. 
Eritrichium glomeratum fulvocanescens 8. Wats. in King, Geol, Expl, 40th Par, 5: 
243. 1871. 
Eritrichium fulvocanescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer, Acad, 10: 91. 1875. 
Krynitzkia fulvocanescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 20: 280. 1885. 
Tyre Locauiry: Near Santa Ie, New Mexico. Type collected by Fendler (no. 632). 
RanGE: Northern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Aztec; Santa Fe. Low hills and plains, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 
4. Oreocarya hispidissima (Torr.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 38: 150. 1906. 
Eritrichium glomeratum hispidissimum Torr. U. 8S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 140. 1859. 
Type Locauity: New Mexico. 
RanGE: Western Texas and southern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Mesa west of Organ Mountains; Pena Blanca. Dry mesas and hills, 
in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 
5. Oreocarya multicaulis (Torr.) Greene, Pittonia 3: 114. 1896. 
Eritrichium multicaule Torr. in Marcy, Expl. Red Riv. 62. 1854. 
Type Locauity: New Mexico, probably near Santa Fe. Type collected by Fendler 
(no. 636). 
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