Genus 6. 



BORAGE FAMILY. 



i. Oreocarya suffruticdsa (Torr.) Greene. 

 Shrubby Oreocarya. Fig. 3519. 



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



1827. 

 Eritrichium Jamesii Torr. in Marcy s Rep. 294. 1S53. 

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



1885. 

 Oreocarya suffruticosa Greene, Pittonia 1 : 57. 1887. 



Perennial, rather stout, branched from the 

 base and sometimes also above, strigose-pubescent 

 or somewhat hirsute, 5-12' high. Upper leaves 

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

 what longer, obtuse or acute ; racemes slender, 

 panicled; pedicels about 1" long; calyx canescent 

 and somewhat hispid, the segments slightly 

 spreading, or erect in fruit; bractlets longer than 

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

 about equalling the calyx; nutlets smooth, nearly 

 1" 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. 

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



279. 1S85. 

 O. glomerata Greene, Pittonia 1 : 58. 1887. 



Perennial or biennial, densely hispid; stem 

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

 Leaves spatulate or the upper linear, obtuse, 

 l'-2i' 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. 

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



1885. 

 Oreocarya sericea Greene, Pittonia 1: 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'-l' long, l"-l" 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. 



