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BORAGINACEAE. 



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1. Oreocarya suffruticdsa (Torr.) Greene. Shrubby Oreocarya. (Fig. 3029.) 



Myosnlis suffrulicosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 225. 



1827. 

 Erilrichium famesH Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 294. 



1853- 

 Krynilzkia Jamesii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 



278. 1885. 

 Oreocarya suffrulicosa Greene, Pittonia, 1: 57. 1887. 



Perennial, rather stout, branched from the 

 base and sometimes also above, strigose-pubes- 

 cent or somewhat hirsute, 5'-l2' high. Upper 

 leaves linear, )i.'-\' long, the lower oblanceo- 

 late, somewhat longer, obtuse or acute; racemes 

 slender, panicled ; pedicels about i" long; 

 calyx canescent and somewhat hispid, the seg- 

 ments slightly spreading, or erect iu fruit; 

 bractlets longer than the fruiting calyx; corolla 

 xyi"-"^" broad; its tube about equalling the 

 calyx; nutlets smooth, nearly \" long, shining, 

 closely fitting together, triangular, acute-mar- 

 gined, nearly as wide as high. 



In dry soil, westcni Nebraska and Wyoming to 

 Texas and Arizona. May-.\ug. 



2. Oreocarya glomerllta (Piirsh) 

 Greene. Clustered Oreocarya. 

 (Fig. 3030.) 



Cynoglossuni glomeralum Pursli, FI. Am. Sept. 



729. 1814. 

 Erilrichium glomeralum DC. Prodr. 10: 131. 



1S46. 

 Kryuilzkia glomerala \. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 



20: 279. 18S5. 

 O. glomerala Greene, Pittonia, I: 58. 18S7. 



Perennial or biennial, densely hispid; stem 

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

 Leaves spalulate or the upper linear, obtuse, 

 i'-2^' long, the basal commoul)' tufted; in- 

 florescence of thy rsoid clusters, the short dense 

 lateral spike-like clusters mostly lon.<jer than 

 the subtending bracts; calyx densely bristly; 

 corolla 3"-5" broad; fruit pyramidal, the nut- 

 lets triangular-ovate, acute, acutcl}' margined, 

 papillose on the back. 



In dry soil, Manitoba to the Northwest Terri- 

 tory, south to Nebraska, New Mexico and Utali. 

 May-Sept. 



3. Oreocarya sericea (A. Gray) Grfeene. 

 Low Oreocarya. (Fig. 3031.) 



Erilrichium glomeralum var. humtle X. Gray, 



Proc. .\m..\cad, 10:61. 1874. Not E. Aiimile DC. 



Krynilzkia sericea \. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 



279. 1885. 

 Oreocarya sericea Greene, Pittonia, i: 58. 18S7. 



Perennial, low, tufted from the woody root; 

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

 pressed-pubescent, or hirsute above. Leaves 

 linear-spatulate, '/i'-i' long, \"-iyi" wide, ob- 

 tuse or acutish, imbricated on the short sterile 

 shoots and at the bases of the flowering stems; 

 inflorescence thyrsoid or glomerate, usually 

 short; calyx densely hispid; corolla 2"-3" 

 broad, its tube not longer than the calyx; stjle 

 short; nutlets acutely margined, acute, papillose 

 on the back. 



In dr>- soil. Northwest Territory to Nebraska and 

 Itah. May-Sept. 



