Vol. III.] 



BORAGE FAMILY. 



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Cryptanthe crassisepala (T. &G.) Greene. Thick-sepaled Cryptanthe. 



(Fig. 3027.) 



Eritrichium crassisepalum T. & G. Pac. R. 



R. Rep. 2. 171. 1854. 

 Krynitzkia crassisepala A. Gray, Proc. Am. 



Acad. 20: 268. 1885. 

 Cryptanthe crassisepala Greene, Pittonia, 1: 



112. 1887. 



Densely hispid, at length much branch- 

 ed, 3 / -6 / high. Leaves linear, or linear- 

 spatulate, j^'-l^' long, sessile, or the 

 lower narrowed into petioles; spikes very 

 densely flowered; flowers about 2" broad, 

 sessile, bracteolate, the bractlets slightly 

 longer than the calyx; fruiting calyx 3" 

 long, closing over the fruit, its segments 

 linear, obtusish, their midribs much 

 thickened; fruit of 3 finely muricate nut- 

 lets, and 1 larger smooth and shining nut- 

 let about \" long, attached to the recep- 

 tacle from the base to near the middle. 



In dry soil, Northwest Territory to Ne- 

 braska, Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. 

 June-Aug. 



2. Cryptanthe Fendleri (A. Gray) 



Greene. Fendler's Cryptanthe. 



(Fig. 3028.) 



Krynitzkia Fendleri A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 



20: 268. 1885. 

 Cryptanthe Fendleri Greene, Pittonia, 1: 120. 



1887. 



Erect, hispid; stem slender, paniculately 

 branched, 6 / -i5 / high. Leaves linear, or the 

 lowest linear-spatulate, i / -2>^ / long; spikes 

 slender, bracteolate only at the base; flow- 

 ers sessile, \ f/ -^' f broad; fruiting calyx 

 nearly closed, its segments linear, leaf-like, 

 herbaceous, about 2 // long; nutlets 4, all 

 alike, brown, smooth and shining, less than 

 \" long, attached to the receptacle from the 

 base to about the middle. 



In dry soil, Northwest Territory to Washing- . 

 ton, south to Nebraska and Arizona. June-Aug 



6. OREOCARYA Greene, Pittonia, 1: 57. 1887. 



Perennial or biennial hispid or strigose-pubescent herbs, mostly with thick woody roots, 

 alternate or basal narrow leaves, and small white racemose-paniculate or densely thyrsoid 

 flowers. Calyx very deeply 5-parted or 5-divided, the segments lanceolate, more or less 

 spreading or recurved in fruit. Corolla funnelform or salverform, mostly crested in the 

 throat, 5-lobed. Stamens included. Ovary 4-divided; style mostly short. Nutlets 4, later- 

 ally attached to the receptacle, not keeled, their margins acute or winged. [Greek, moun- 

 tain nut.] 



About 9 species, natives of western North America and Mexico. 



Inflorescence racemose-paniculate; nutlets smooth. 

 Inflorescence thyrsoid or thyrsoid-glomerate; nutlets rough. 



Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, little longer than the lobes. 

 Densely rough-hairy, 6'-i8' high. 

 ^Silvery appressed-pubescent, 3'-6' high. 

 Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, 2 or 3 times as long as the lobes. 



1. O. suffrnticosa. 



2. O. glomerala. 



3. O. sericea. 



4. O. fulvocanescens. 



