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



aculeis longae, facie exteriore et margine longe aculeatae, aculei usque ad basin liberi; 

 cicatrix magna ovoideo-acuta. 



Californien: Yosemite National Park (Chandler u. Babcock n. 4 087), ebendort 

 bei Glacier Point (H. M. Hall n. 9Ü7). Summit, Placer County (nach Piper). 



21. H. velutina (Piper) Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXVIII. (1923) 47. — 

 Echmospermum diffusum A. Gray, Syn. Fl. II. 1. (1878) 189, ex parte. — E. cali- 

 fornicum A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Sei. XVII. (l 882) 225; Syn. Fl. II. 1. Suppl. (1 886) 

 422, ex parte. — Lappula velutina Piper! 1. c. 546. — Incano-pubescens. Caulis 

 simplex fistulosus 50 — 90 cm altus. Folia inferiora longe petiolata lanceolata vel ob- 

 longa 7 — 13 cm cum petiolo longa, 10 — 16 mm lata, uninervia apice obtusa basi in 

 petiolum sensim attenuata; folia superiora minora lanceolata vel linearia sessilia basi 

 cordata semiamplexicaulia, rarius ovata. Cincinni terminales et subterminales bracteati 

 laxiflori, pedicelli fruetiferi calyce longiores; sepala oblonga 4 — 5 mm longa; corolla 

 maxima subrotata, tubo urceolari 5 — 6 mm longo, limbo 15 — 20 mm diametro; fornices 

 magni verticales oblongi apice revoluti barbati; lobi calycis fruetiferi reflexi. Nuculae 

 ovoideae 5 — 8 mm longae nitentes, facie exteriore et margine aculeatae, aculei nunc 

 elongati; cicatrix magna ovoidea. — Fig. 13/, K. 



Californien: In Höhen von 1800 — 2700 m auf der Sierra Nevada; nicht selten. 

 Nevada County: Summit (nach Piper). Placer County: bei Soda Springs (Perkins). 

 Eldorado County (nach Piper). Amador County: Panther Creek (Hansen n. 1141), 

 Silver Lake (Hansen n. 427). Calaveras County: Big Tree Grove (Ball). Mariposa County 

 (Hillebrand). Fresno County: Pine Etidge (Hall u. Chandler n. 196). Tulare County 

 (nach Piper). Wenig wahrscheinlich erscheint Piper's Angabe, daß die Pflanze auch 

 in der Humboldt County vorkommt. — Blüht im Mai und Juni. 



22. H. caerulescens (Bydberg) Brand, nov. nom. — Lappula caerulescens Bydberg! 

 in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. I. (1900) 328, Piper in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXIX. (1902) 

 542. — L. subdecumbens caerulescens Garret, Fl. Wahsatch Beg. (1911) 78. — H. diffusa 

 var. caerulescens Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXVIII. (1923) 48. — Adpresse 

 strigosa hinc inde pilis patulis obsita. Bhizoma repens. Caules complures simplices 

 erecti paulum ultra 30 cm longi. Folia basalia lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata apice 

 obtusa basi in petiolum laminae aequilongum attenuata, 12 — 15 cm cum petiolo longa, 

 12 — 15 mm lata, uninervia, caulina sessilia minora fere linearia. Inflorescentia panicu- 

 lata terminalis, cincinnis in statu florifero brevibus densis, pedicellis iam in flore calyce 

 longi oribus; sepala oblonga vix 3 mm longa; corolla subrotata 6 mm longa 10 — 11 mm 

 lata; fornices semilunares longe barbati in medio linea verticali quasi partiti, sub basi 

 appendice labellum Cypripedii simulante ornati. Nuculae ovoideae 4Y2 mm longae an- 

 guste marginatae, aculei diversa longitudine; cicatrix parva oblonga. 



Pazifisches Nordamerika: Montana: Bridger Mountains (Rydberg u. Bessey 

 n. 4899); Berge bei Bozeman (Blankinship n. 366). Wyoming: Mammoth Hot Springs 

 (Nelson n. 5602). Utah: Salt Lake City, Wahsatch Mountains, Pine Valley (nach Piper). 

 Nevada: Battle Mountains, Humboldt Mountains (nach Piper). 



23. H. cinerea (Piper) Johnston in Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. LXVIII. (1923) 46. — 

 Lappula cinerea Piper 1. c. 544. — Perennis ereeta 40 — 60 cm alta cinerea adpresse 

 pubescens et praeterea parce hispida. Folia basalia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata ob- 

 tusiuscula 6 — 10 cm longa, caulina similia pauca. Cincinni 5 — 20 cm longi; sepala 

 lineari-lanceolata acuta; corolla alba tubo 2 mm longo, lobis obovato-orbicularibus 3 mm 

 longis; «appendages short-pilose, the crest semicircular, retuse at the apex, protuberances 

 on the inner side hemispherical, and separated by a smooth depression from the pilose 

 crest». Nuculae 3 — 4 mm longae facie exteriore leviter carinatae muriculatae parce 

 aculeatae, aculei faciei exteriores duplo breviores quam marginales; cicatrix oblonga. 



Idaho: Salmon Riverbluffs (nach Piper). — Nicht gesehen. 



24. H. Nelsonii Brand in Fedde, Rep. XXVI. (1929) 170. — Lappula subdecumbens 

 A. Nelson! in schedis (1912) n. 2007, non Parry, teste Johnston. — Minute puberula 

 fere glabrata. Rhizoma breviter repens. Caulis debilis fistulosus subdecumbens gracilis 



