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Vol. III. 



i. Cryptantha crassisepala (T. & G.) Greene. Thick-sepaled Cryptanthe. 



Fig- y^7- 



Eritrichium crassisepalum I. & G. l'ac. R. R. 



Ri p. 2 . 171. 1854. 

 Krynitzkia crassisepala A. Gray, Proc. Am. 



\,.,<i. 20: 268. r88s. 

 Cryptanthe crassisepala Greene, Pittonia 1 : 



'11-'. 1SS7. 



Densely hispid, at length much branched, 

 3'~6' high. Leaves linear, or linear- 

 spatulate, i'-li' long, sessile, or the lower 

 narrowed into petioles; spikes very densely 

 flowered ; flowers about 2" broad, sessile, 

 bracteolate, the bractlets slightly longer 

 than the calyx; fruiting calyx 3" long, 

 closing over the fruit, its segments linear, 

 obtusish, their midribs much thickened; 

 fruit of 3 finely muricate nutlets, and 1 

 larger smooth and shining nutlet about i" 

 long, attached to the receptacle from the 

 base to near the middle. 



In dry soil, Saskatchewan to Nebraska. 

 Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. Rosita. 

 June-Aug. 



2. Cryptantha Fendleri (A. Gray) 



Greene. Fendler's Cryptanthe. 



Fig. 35i8. 



Krynitzkia Fendleri A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 



20: 26S. 1885. 



Crxptanthe Fendleri Greene, Pittonia 1: 120. 



1887. 



Erect, hispid ; stem slender, paniculately 

 branched, 6'-is' high. Leaves linear, or the 

 lowest linear-spatulate, l'-2l' long; spikes 

 slender, bracteolate only at the base; flowers 

 sessile, i"-2" broad; fruiting calyx nearly 

 closed, its segments linear, leaf-like, herba- 

 ceous, about 2" long; nutlets 4. all alike, 

 brown, smooth and shining, less than 1" long, 

 attached to the receptacle from the base to 

 about the middle. 



In dry soil, Saskatchewan to Washington, south 

 to Nebraska and Arizona. June-Aug. 



6. OREOCARYA Greene, Pittonia, 



Perennial or biennial hispid or strigose-pubescent herbs, mostly with thick woody roots 

 alternate or basal narrow leaves, and small white racemose-paniculate or densely thyrsoid 

 flowers. Calyx very deeply 5-parted or 5-divided. the segments lanceolate, more or less 

 spreading or recurved in fruit. Corolla funnelform or salverform, mostly crested in the 

 throat 5-lobed. Stamens included. Ovary 4-divided ; style mostly short. Nutlets 4, later- 

 ally attached to the receptacle, not keeled, their margins acute or winged. [Greek, moun- 

 tain nut.] Called White Forget-me-not. 



About 9 species, natives of western North America and Mexico 

 suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene. 



Inflorescence racemose-paniculate ; nutlets smooth. 

 Inflorescence thyrsoid or thyrsoid-glomerate ; nutlets rough. 



Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, little longer than the lobes. 

 Densely rough-hairy. 6'- 18' high.^ 

 Silvery appressed-pubescent, 3'-6' high. 



Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, 2 or 3 times as long as the lobes. 



Type species : Oreocarya 

 1. O. suffruticosa. 



O. glomerata. 



O. sericea. 



O. fulrocanescens. 



