106 A. Brand. — Borraginaceae-Borraginoideae-Cryptantheae. 



A. Nuculae transverse corrugatae nee tessellatae; limbus corollae 

 4 — 7 mm latus. 



a. Nuculae 3 — 4V2 mtn longae 1. P. Kingii. 



b. Nuculae 2 mm longae 2. P. Harknessii. 



B. Nuculae distinetissime tessellatae nee corrugatae; limbus corollae 



1 — 2 mm latus 3. P. Jonesii. 



1. P. Kingii (Wats.) A. Gray! in Proc. Amer. Acad. XX. (4 885) 281; Syn. Fl. II. 

 I. Suppl. (188k) 430; Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXVIII. (l 923) 68. — 

 Eritricliium Kingii Wats. Bot. King (1871) 243, t. XXIII, f. 3 — 5; A. Gray, Syn. Fl. II. 

 1. (1878) 192. — Sonnea Kingii Greene in Pittonia I. (1887) 23. — Krynitzkia 

 Kingii Wats. ex Hillman in Nevada Agric. Exper. St. Bull. XXIV. (1895) 71 [deest in 

 indice Kewensi]. — Caulis erectus ramosus 10 — 40 cm altus. Folia basalia spathulata, 

 caulina oblonga vel fere lanceolata obtusa. Cincinni terminales primum capituliformes 

 congesti, dein elongati, ebracteati vel parce bracteati, floribus sessilibus, fructibus breviter 

 pedicellatis; sepala oblonga 3 mm longa, in statu fruetifero lineari-lanceolata 7 mm longa; 

 corolla infundibuliformis alba 4 mm longa, 4 — 7 mm lata. Nuculae ovoideae paulum 

 curvatae 3 — i { /^ mm longae distinete corrugatae et praeterea granulatae. 



Östliche Sierra Nevada; selten. Nevada: Truckee Paß (nach Gray); Geiger 

 Grade (Curran). 



2. P. Harknessii (Greene) Nelson et Macbride! in Bot. Gaz. LXII. (1916) 143; 

 Johnston 1. c. — Sonnea Harknessii Greene 1. c. 23. — P. Kingii var. Harknessii 

 (Greene) Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. (1925) 856. — A basi ramosa, caulibus erectis 

 vel ascendentibus 5 — 15 cm longis. Folia inferiora lineari-spathulata usque ad 40 mm 

 longa, superiora oblongo-linearia 20 mm longa, 4 mm lata. Cincinni glomerati paulum 

 elongati; sepala linearia setis longissimis vestita 2 mm sine setis longa, in statu fruetifero 

 duplo aueta; corolla 3^2 mm l° n g a > 4 mm lata. Nuculae 2 mm longae; caetera speciei 

 praecedentis, cuius fortasse mera varietas est (ex Johnston). 



Östliches Oregon bis zur Inyo County in Californien und ostwärts bis zum nord- 

 westlichen Utah (nach Johnston). — Gesehen nur von Desert Well (Leiberg n. 403). 



3. P. Jonesii A. Gray! Syn. Fl. II. 1. Suppl. (1886) 430; Jones, Contrib. West. 

 Bot. XII. (1908) 57; Nelson et Macbr. in Bot. Gaz. LXII (1916) 143; Johnston I.e. 68. — 

 Sonnea Jonesii Greene 1. c. — Divaricato-ramosa. Folia anguste lanceolata 20 — 40 cm 

 longa. Cincinni densi arachnoidei; sepala linearia 5 mm longa, in statu florifero usque 

 ad 8 mm elongata; corolla alba anguste cylindrica, 4 mm longa, 1 — 2 mm lata, calyce 

 brevior; fornices indistineti. Nuculae 3 mm longae paulum curvatae albidae undique 

 tessellatae, facie exteriore elevatim carinatae, marginibus muricatae; cotyledones ovatae 

 indivisae. — Species genus Plagiobothrys cum genere Amsinckia connectens. 



Süd-Ost-Californien: San Bernardino County: The Needles am Colorado (Jones). 

 Inyo County (nach Johns ton). 



Sect. 2. Euplagiobothrys Johnston. 



Euplagiobothrys Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXVIII. (1923) 64. — Nuculae 

 facie interiore cicatrice orbiculari vel liguliformi vel embryoniformi in medio excavata 

 vel minutissime perforata ornatae. Calyx plerumque basi connatus. 



A. Cicatrix anuliformis in medio profunde excavata. .... 4. P. fulvus. 



B. Cicatrix distinete vel indistinete embryoniformis vel liguli- 

 formis plerumque in medio foramine minutissimo perforata. 



a. Nuculae crueiformes. 



a. Nuculae muricatae 5. P. tenellus. 



ß. Nuculae laeves 6. P. shastensis. 



b. Nuculae urceolares vel ovoideae. 



ct. Calyx usque ad 2 / 3 longitudinis suae partitus. 



I. Cicatrix haud perforata 7. P. myosotoides. 



