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KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



Fruit conic or ovoid, the nutlets touching each other; flowera 

 large, the calyx 8 to 10 mm. long. 



Corolla yellow 1 . 0. lutescens. 



Corolla white. 



Cauline leaves rounded-obtuse, scarcely reduced; lateral 

 divisions of the inflorescence long-pedunculate 



even in flower. 2. 0. uHicacea. 



Cauline leaves acute, much reduced; lateral divisions 

 of the inflorescence pedunculate only in age, if 

 at all. 

 Inflorescence and stems yellow-hispid ; corolla tube 



much exserted 3. . fulvocanescens. 



Inflorescence and stems mostly grayish, never 

 bright yellow; corolla tube very slightly, if 



at all, exserted 4. 0. hispidissinia. 



Fruit depressed; nutlets separated by an open space; flowex's 

 smaller, the calyx seldom more than 5 mm. long. 

 Plants tall, the inflorescence much exceeding the leaves, 

 not grayish, densely yellowish-hispid above; racemes 



elongated 5. 0. multicaulis. 



Plants low, the inflorescence only slightly exceeding the 

 leaves, grayish, not yellowish-hispid above; racemes 

 short and dense 6. 0. suffruticosa. 



1. Oreocarya lutescens Greene, Pittonia 4: 93. 1899. 



Type locality: Hills above Aztec, Ncav Mexico. Type collected l)y Bakor (no. 

 562). 



Range: Known only from the type locality, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



2. Oreocarya urticacea Woot. & Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 166. 1913. 

 Type locality: Canyoncito, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Type collected by 



Heller (no. 3731). 



Range: Northern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Canyoncito; Glorieta; Sierra Grande. Low hills, in the Upper 

 Sonoran Zone. 



3. Oreocarya fulvocanescens (S. Wats.) Greene, Pittonia 1: 58. 1887. 

 Erilrickium glomeratum fulvocanescens S. Wats, in King, Geol. Expl. 40th Par. 6: 



243. 1871. 

 Eritrichium fulvocanescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 10: 91. 1875. 

 Krynitzkia fulvocanescens A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 20: 280. 1885. 

 Type locality: Near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Type collected by Fendler (no. 632). 

 Range: Northern New Mexico. 

 New Mexico: Aztec; Santa Fe. Low hills and plains, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



4. Oreocarya hispidissima (Torr.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 33: 150. 1906. 

 Eritrichium glomeratum hispidissimuvi Torr. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 140. 1859. 

 Type locality: New Mexico. 



Range: Western Texas and southern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Mesa west of Organ Mountains; Pena Blanca. Dry mesas and hills, 

 in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 



5. Oreocarya multicaulis (Torr.) Greene, Pittonia 3: 114. 1896. 

 Erilrickium multicnule Torr. in Marcy, Expl. Red Riv. 62. 1854. 



Type locality: New Mexico, probably near Santa Fe. Type collected by Fendler 

 (no. 636). 



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