330 BORAGINACEAE 



Tax. note. — The distinctions offered as between Oreocarya tumulosa and 0. humilis seem 

 unreliable, but the follomug collectiong may be cited as O. tumulosa; Gilroy CaiJon, Providence 

 Mts., Mary Beal 821; Barnwell, New York Mts., K. Brandegee; Ivanpah Mts., Parish 10,243. 



Refs. — Oreocarya tumulosa Payson, Univ. Wyo. Publ. Bot. 1:104 (1920), type loc. Provi- 

 dence Mts., T. Brandegee. Cryptantha tumulosa Payson, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14:276 (1927). 

 0. echinoides Jepson, Man. 845 (1925), in part. 



5. 0. virginensis Mebr. Stems 2 to 4 from the base, the central stem usually 

 dominant with the others shorter or supplementary, all from the crown of the tap- 

 root, 6 to 14 inches high, the leaves chiefly basal, a few cauline; herbage finely 

 strigulose and with rather long bristly spreading hairs, the bristly hairs on the 

 leaves arising from a pustulate disk ; leaves li/4 to 3 inches long, the blades obovate 

 to oblanceolate, drawn gradually down to a petiole 1 to 2 times as long; spikes 

 shortly peduncled, borne along the stems from a little above the base to the summit, 

 forming dense panicles 5 to 10 inches long and 1 to 2V2 inches wide ; calyx-segments 

 lanceolate, as long as corolla-tube ; corolla white, 5 lines long, the limb 3 lines broad; 

 nutlets ovate, narrowly winged, ridged dorsally and rugose-reticulate, the irregular 

 areolae minutely tuberculate. 



Benches and cafion slopes of desert ranges, 4000 to 6000 feet : Inyo Co. East 

 to Utah. May. 



Locs. — Johnson Canon, Panamint Range, Jepson 19,618; Hanaupah Canon, Panamint Range, 

 Jepson 6969 ; Keane Spr., Funeral Mts., Feirson 9948 ; Bee Springs Caiion, Inyo Mts., MarTc Kerr 

 124; Waucoba Pass, Inyo Mts., J. Grinnell 1019a. 



Refs. — Oreocarya virginensis Mcbr., Proc. Am. Acad. 51:547 (1916). KrynitzTcia glome- 

 rata var. virginensis Jones, Contrib. W. Bot. 13:5 (1910), tj-pe loc. La Verkin, Washington Co. 

 (in the Rio Virgin country, whence the varietal name) , Utah, Jones 5195a. Cryptantha virginensis 

 Payson, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14:274 (1927). (?) C. hoffmannii Jtn., Contrib. Arn. Arb. 3:90 

 (1932), type loc. Westgard Pass, Inyo Co., Hoffmann 78. 



6. 0. flavoculata Nels. Stems few to several from the branched root-crown, 

 ascending or erect, 4 to 10 inches high, spreading bristly-hirsute and also finely 

 strigidose; leaves chiefly basal, a few cauline, I/2 to 3 inches long; leaf-blades 

 oblanceolate, acute, densely whitish silky-strigose, gradually dravra down into 

 petioles % to as long; panicles broadly cylindric to subcapitate, dense above, loose 

 below, 1/2 to 4 inches long; corolla white or cream-color, 5 to 6 lines long, its limb 

 3 to 4 lines broad, its tube l^/o to 2 times as long as the lanceolate calyx-lobes ; sta- 

 mens borne at summit of corolla-tube ; nutlets transversely rugose, the rugae irregu- 

 larly broken and developed into sharp tubercles. 



Caiion bottoms and dry brushy montane slopes, 6500 to 7500 feet : Inyo Co. 

 East to Utah and Wyoming. May-June. 



Locs. — Panamint Range: Wild Rose Caiion, Peirson 9934. Nev.: Miller Mt., Mineral Co., 

 ShocHey 744. 



Refs. — Oreocarya flavoculata Nels., Erythea 7:66 (1899), type loc. Piedmont, Wyo., 

 A. Nelson 4572. Cryptantha flavoculata Payson, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14:334 (1927). 0. shock- 

 leyi Eastw., Bull. Torr. Club 30:245 (1903), type loc. Miller Mt., Mineral Co. (formerly included 

 in Esmeralda Co.), Nev., Shockley 244 (isotyp. in Herbario Jepsoniano). 



7. 0. confertiflora Greene. Stems erect, % to l^/o feet high, few or several 

 from a branched root-crown ; herbage densely strigose-pubescent with silky hairs, 

 above more or less hispid ; leaves mostly in a basal tuft, the cauline scattered; leaf- 

 blades oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, 1 to 3 inches long; blades of the 

 basal leaves and the lower cauline ones drawn down to a petiole, the petioles white- 

 silky; inflorescence very shortly spicate-glomerate, more or less interrupted below ; 

 calj^-lobes linear to lanceolate, markedly accrescent in fruit; corolla cream-color, 

 6 to 7 lines long, the limb 4 to 5 lines broad, the crests in throat prominent, the tube 

 exceeding the calyx (usually 1% times) ; stamens borne at middle of corolla-tube; 

 nutlets ovate, sharply margined, keeled ventrally, rounded on the back, smooth 

 and polished. 



Rocky or gravelly slopes of arid mountains, often under pines, 5000 to 8750 

 feet : east slope and east side of the Sierra Nevada from Mono Co. to Inyo Co. ; 



