Oreocarya, Johnstonella. 93 



Colorado: Gypsum hüls, Paradox Valley, Montrose County (Payson n. 4223). 

 Von 0. paradoxa, mit der Payson (in Ann. Miss. Bot. Card. XIV. [1927] :i30) die Art 

 verbindet, trotz des übereinstimmenden Habitus zu trennen. Deutliche Verschiedenheit der 

 Corolla und der Nüßchen! So wachsen also auf den Hügeln bei Paradox 4 Arten der Gat- 

 tung, nämlich außer den beiden eben genannten noch O. fulvocanescens und 0. nitida. 



Species exeludendae. 



Oreocarya abortiva Greene in Pittonia III. (1896 114 = Hemisphaerocarya 

 abortiva (Greene) Brand. 



0. cinerea Greene in Pitlonia III. (189(5) 1 I 3 = Hemisphaerocarya cinerea (Greene; 

 Brand. 



0. disticha Eastwood in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXX. (1903) 268 = Hemisphaero- 

 carya suffruticosa Torrey) Brand. 



0. holoptera Creene in Pittonia I. (1887) 8 = Cryptantha holoptera (A. Gray! 1 

 Macbride. 



0. Lemmonii Eastwood in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXX. (1903 239 = Hemisphaero- 

 carya cinerea (Greene) Brand. 



0. multicaulis Greene in Pittonia III. (1896 114 = Hemisphaerocarya suffruti- 

 cosa multicaulis (Greene) Brand. 



0. multicaulis var. cinerea Macbride in Proc. Amer. Acad. LI. (1916) 5 4 6 = 

 Hemisphaerocarya cinerea (Greene, Brand. 



0. multicaulis var. laxa Macbride in Contr. Gray Flerb. n. ser. XL VIII. (1916) 

 3 5 = Hemisphaerocarya laxa (Macbride) Brand. 



0. ob lata Macbride in Proc. Amer. Acad. LI, (1916) 548 = Hemisphaerocarya 

 oblata Jones) Brand. 



0. Palmer i Greene in Pittonia I. (I 887, 57 = Hemisphaerocarya Palmeri (Greene; 

 Brand. 



0. Paysonii Macbride in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. XLVIII. (1916; 36 = Hemi- 

 sphaerocarya Paysonii (Macbride) Brand. 



0. pulvinata Nelson in Bot. Gaz. XL. (1905) 63 = Eritrichium nanum eu- 

 villosum Brand. 



0. pustulosa Bydberg in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XL. (19 13) 480 = Hemisphaero- 

 carya suffruticosa pustulosa (Bydb. Brand. 



O. suffruticosa Greene in Pittonia I. (1887) 57 —Hemisphaerocarya suffruti- 

 cosa (Torrey) Brand. 



O. suffruticosa var. abortiva Macbride in Proc. Amer. Acad. LI. (19 16) 547 

 = Hemisphaerocarya abortiva (Greene) Brand 



10. JohllStonella Brand. 



Johnstonella*) Brand in Eedde, Bep. XXI. (1925) 249. 



Calyx usque ad basin partitus. Corolla campanulata, fornieibus linearibus. Stamina 

 superiori tubi parti affixa, inclusa. Gynobasis elevatonibus cariniformibus ornata. Nuculae 

 trigonae, acute marginatae, heteromorphae, una maior persistens, tres minores deeiduae, 

 facie interiore sulcatae. — Herbae perennantes (»longlived annuals« ex Johnston), suf- 

 fruticosae, l'oliis linearibus, cincinnis axillaribus et terminalibus. Calyces fruetiferi per- 

 sistentes. 



Species 2, Californiam meridionalem inhabitantes. 



A. Pedicelli fruetiferi calyce longiores 1 . J. racemosa. 



B. Pedicelli fruetiferi calyce breviores vel subnulli 2. J. inaequata. 



*) Nomen datur in honorem clariss. J. M. Johns ton, botanici americani, i[ui de Borra- 

 ginaeeis melius cognoscendis optime meruit. 



