BORAGE FAMILY 591 



dorsal side convex, prominently papillate, ventral side sparsely tuberculate ; groove very narrow 

 above, abruptly dilated at base into a deltoid areola. 



Sandy soil, Sonoran Zones; San Joaquin Valley, from Contra Costa County to Madera County, California. 

 Type locality: eight miles west of Chowchilla, Madera County. April-May. 



Cryptantha Clokeyi I. M. Johnston, Journ. Arnold Arb. 20:387. 1939 (.Cryptantha mtiricata var. 

 Clokc J Jtpson, Fl. Calif. 3:338. 1943.) Stems. 10-15 cm. high erect, usually with ascending branches 

 from'near the middle. Leaves toward the base linear-lanceolate. 2-3 cm. long, 2 mm. broad, pi ose, the 

 hairs on the upper surface pustulate at base; spikes solitary or geminate, o-6 cm. long; ifuiting calyx /-iu 

 mm long the lobes long-attenuate; corolla-limb 2 mm. wide; nutlets tnangular-ovoid, about 3 mm long, 

 minutely granulate and conspicuously papillate or tuberculate, the groove closed or open furcate at base; 

 stvle distinctly exserted above the nutlet. Type locality: "north of Barstow, San Bernardino Co., 2800 ft. 

 "the plant is probably rare and local^ since Mr. Clokey has failed to rediscover it along the road north of 

 Barstow where he originally found it." 



29. Cryptantha Torreyana (A. Gray) Greene. Torrey's Cryptantha. Fig. 4293. 



Krynitzkia Torreyana A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 20: 271. 188S. 



Krynitzkia Torreyana var. calycosa A. Gray, loc. cit. 



Cryptantha Torreyana Greene, Pittonia 1: 118. 1887. 



Cryptantha calycosa Rydb. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 331. 1900. 



Cryptantha flcxiiosa A. Nels. in Coult. & Nels. Man. Bot. Rocky Mts. 416. 1909. 



Cryptantha Torreyana var. calistogae I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 74: 80. 192S. 



Stems erect, 1-4 dm. high, solitary or several with erect or more often spreading branches, 

 finely strigose and sparsely hirsutulous. Leaves oblanceolate to linear, erect or spreadmg, obtuse 

 or rounded at apex, 2-5 cm. long, hirsutulous ; spikes commonly geminate, bractless, becoming 

 elongated and loosely flowered or sometimes remaining congested and glomerate; corolla m- 

 conspicuous, lobes short, ascending ; fruiting calyx ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 3-7 mm. long ; mature 

 calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, connivent above with tips usually spreading, midrib somewhat 

 thickened below, bristly-hispid, margins appressed-hirsute ; nutlets usually 4, broadly ovoid, 

 smooth and shiny, often mottled, almost flat on the back, sides rounded or obtuse ; groove broadly 

 forked below, closed throughout. 



Open slopes or in partial shade, mainly Transition Zones; southern Alaska and British Columbia south- 

 ward through the Pacific States on both sides of the Cascades to Mann County California, in the Coast 

 Ranges and to Kern County in the Sierra Nevada, east to Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming Type locally 

 Yosemite Valley (Torre-.v 337), according to I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 74: 81. 1925. May-Aug. 



Cryptantha Torreyana var. pumila (Heller) I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 74:80. 1925. 

 {Cryptantha pumila Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 242. 1906.) Plants 1-2 dm. high, usually conspicuously spreading- 

 hirsute; fruiting calyx 2-3.5 mm. long. Marin, Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties, California, lype 

 locality': "near the summit of Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County." 



30. Cryptantha incana Greene. Tulare Cryptantha. Fig. 4294. 



Cryptantha incana Greene, Leaflets Bot. Obs. 1: 79. 1904. 



Cryptantha Torreyana var. incana Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 850. 1925. 



Stems slender, with several ascending branches, 15-45 cm. high, cinereous-hispidulous and 

 minutely strigose. Leaves linear or sometimes narrowly linear-oblanceolate, appressed-hispidu- 

 lous; spikes geminate, bractless, elongate and slender in fruit; corolla 4 mm. broad; fruiting 

 calyx more or less ascending, 2-2.5 mm. long, tips of the lobes erect, not attenuate, hirsutulous- 

 hispidulous with ascending hairs, the abaxial lobe especially with 1 or few straight spreading 

 bristles ; ovules 4 ; nutlets 2, ovoid-lanceolate, rounded below, rather abruptly attenuate at apex, 

 1.5 to nearly 2 mm. long, smooth and polished, grayish mottled with brovra. 



Dry ground, Arid Transition Zone; southern Sierra Nevada, Tulare County, California. Type locality: 

 Nine-Mile Creek, altitude 5,800 feet. June-Aug. 



31. Cryptantha grandiflora Rydb. Clearwater Cryptantha. Fig. 4295. 



Cryptantha grandiflora Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 36: 679. 1909. 

 Cryptantha hispidula var. Ettneri Brand, Pflanzenreich 4^2; go. 1931. 



Stems 1 5-4 dm. high, with 2 to several ascending branches, whitish-hirsute. Leaves broadly 

 linear, lanceolate or oblong, 2-5 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, hirsute, the hairs with pustulate bases ; 

 spikes becoming lax and 5-10 cm. long in fruit; calyx-lobes 2.5-3 mm. long, becoming 4-5 mm. 

 long in fruit, very hispid; corolla white with yellow crests, 3.5-4 mm. long, the limb 5-6 mm. 

 wide; nutlets 1 or 2, ovoid, 2.5 mm. long, dark-colored, smooth and shining, groove narrow, 

 2-forked at base. 



Gravelly or stony groimd. Arid Transition Zone; Kittitas ??d Whitman Counties Washington to the 

 Wallowa Mountains, northeastern Oregon, and east to western Idaho. Type locality: Valley of Clearwater 

 River," Nez Perces County, Idaho. April-June. 



32. Cryptantha mariposae I. M. Johnston. Mariposa Cryptantha. Fig. 4296. 



Cryptantha mariposae I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 74: 73. 1925. 



Stems erect, with few to several ascending branches, 7-20 cm. high or, in dwarf plants 

 sometimes simple, the larger more or less corymbosely branched, rather finely and closely 

 strigose. Leaves oblong or the upper sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 8-18 mm. long, both sides 

 hirsute with mostly ascending hairs with rather obscurely pustulate bases ; spikes solitary or in 

 pairs, bractless or the lowest flower sometimes bracteate; corolla about 2 mm. broad; fruiting 

 calyx 4-5 mm. long and about half as broad, the lobes Imear-subulate, erect, with slightly 

 spreading tips, villous on the sides with ascending hairs and conspicuously setose-hispid with 



