GENUS 6. 



BORAGE FAMILY. 



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i. Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene. 

 Shrubby Oreocarya. Fig. 3519. 



Myosotis suffruticosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2 : 225. 



1827. 



Eritrichium Jamesii Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 294. 1853. 

 Krynitskia Jamesii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20 : 278. 



1885. 

 Oreocarya suffruticosa Greene, Pittonia i : 57. 1887. 



Perennial, rather stout, branched from the 

 base and sometimes also above, strigose-pubescent 

 or somewhat hirsute, 5'-i2 r high. Upper leaves 

 linear, i'-i' long, the lower oblanceolate, some- 

 what longer, obtuse or acute; racemes slender, 

 panicled; pedicels about i" long; calyx canescent 

 and somewhat hispid, the segments slightly 

 spreading, or erect in fruit; bractlets longer than 

 the fruiting calyx; corolla ii"-3" broad; its tube 

 about equalling the calyx ; nutlets smooth, nearly 

 i" long, shining, closely fitting together, trian- 

 gular, acute-margined, nearly as wide as high. 



In dry soil, western Nebraska and Wyoming to 

 Texas and Arizona. May-Aug. 



2. Oreocarya glomerata (Pursh) Greene. 

 Clustered Oreocarya. Fig. 3520. 



Cynoglossum glomeratum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 729. 



1814. 



Eritrichium glomeratum DC. Prodr. 10 : 131. 1846. 

 Krynitskia glomerata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20 : 



279- 1885. 

 O. glomerata Greene, Pittonia i : 58. 1887. 



Perennial or biennial, densely hispid ; stem 

 erect, stout, simple or branched, 6'-i8' high. 

 Leaves spatulate or the upper linear, obtuse, 

 \'-2\' long, the basal commonly tufted; inflores- 

 cence of thyrsoid clusters, the short dense lateral 

 spike-like clusters mostly longer than the sub- 

 tending bracts; calyx densely bristly; corolla 

 3"-S" broad; fruit pyramidal, the nutlets trian- 

 gular-ovate, acute, acutely margined, papillose 

 on the back. 



In dry soil, Manitoba to Nebraska, New Mexico 

 and Utah. May-Sept. 



Oreocarya thyrsiflora Greene, a related species 

 of the Rocky Mountain region, enters our limits in 

 western Nebraska. 



3. Oreocarya sericea (A. Gray) Greene. 

 Low Oreocarya. Fig. 3521. 



Eritrichium glomeratum var. humile A. Gray, Proc. 

 . Am. Acad. 10 : 61. 1874. Not E. humile DC. 

 Krynitskia sericea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20 : 279. 



1885. 

 Oreocarya sericea Greene, Pittonia i : 58. 1887. 



Perennial, low, tufted from the woody root; 

 stems usually simple, 3'-6' high, silvery appressed- 

 pubescent, or hirsute above. Leaves linear- 

 spatulate, i'-i' long, i"-ij" wide, obtuse or 

 acutish, imbricated on the short sterile shoots 

 and at the bases of the flowering stems ; inflores- 

 cence thyrsoid or glomerate, usually short ; calyx 

 densely hispid ; corolla 2"-3" broad, its tube not 

 longer than the calyx ; style short ; nutlets acutely 

 margined, acute, papillose on the back. 



In dry soil. Northwest Territory to Nebraska and 

 Utah. May-Sept. 



