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BORAGINACEAE. 



[Vol.. III. 



i. Oreocarya suffruticdsa (Torr.) Greene. Shrubby Oreocarya. (Fig. 3029.) 



Myosotis suffruticosa Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 225. 



1827. 

 Eritrichium Jamesii Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 294. 



1353- 

 Krynitzkia Jamesii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 



278. 1885.' 

 Oreocarya suffruticosa Greene, Pittonia, 1: 57. 1887. 



Perennial, rather stout, branched from the 

 base and sometimes also above, strigose-pubes- 

 cent or somewhat hirsute, 5 / -i2 / high. Upper 

 leaves linear, ^ / -i / long, the lower oblanceo- 

 late, somewhat longer, obtuse or acute; racemes 

 slender, panicled ; pedicels about 1" long ; 

 calyx canescent and somewhat hispid, the seg- 

 ments slightly spreading, or erect in fruit; 

 bractlets longer than the fruiting calyx; corolla 

 I /^ //- 3 // broad; its tube about equalling the 

 calyx; nutlets smooth, nearly \" long, shining, 

 closely fitting together, triangular, acute-mar- 

 gined, nearly as wide as high. 



In dry soil, western Nebraska and Wyoming to 

 Texas and Arizona. May- Aug. 



2. Oreocarya glomerata (Pursh) 

 Greene. Clustered Oreocarya. 

 (Fig. 3030.) 



Cynoglossum glomeratnm Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 



729. 1814. 

 Eritrichium glomeratum DC. Prodr. 10: 131. 



1846. 

 Kry?iitzkia glomerata A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 



20: 279. 1885. 

 O. glomerata Greene, Pittonia, 1: 58. 1887. 



Perennial or biennial, densely hispid; stem 

 erect, stout, simple or branched, 6 / -i8 / high. 

 Leaves spatulate or the upper linear, obtuse, 

 i/-2^ / long, the basal commonly tufted; in- 

 florescence of thyrsoid clusters, the short dense 

 lateral spike-like clusters mostly longer than 

 the subtending bracts; calyx densely bristly; 

 corolla 3 // ~5 // broad; fruit pyramidal, the nut- 

 lets triangular-ovate, acute, acutely margined, 

 papillose on the back. 



In dry soil, Manitoba to the Northwest Terri- 

 tory, south to Nebraska, New Mexico and Utah. 

 May-Sept. 



3. Oreocarya sericea (A. Gray) Greene. 

 Low Oreocarya. (Fig. 3031.) 



Eritrichium glomeratum var. humile A. Gray, 



Proc. Am. Acad. 10:61. 1874. Not E. humileDQ. 



Krynitzkia sericea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 



279- 1885. 

 Oreocarya sericea Greene, Pittonia, 1: 58. 1887. 



Perennial, low, tufted from the woody root; 

 stems usually simple, 3 / -6 / high, silvery ap- 

 pressed-pubescent, or hirsute above. Leaves 

 linear-spatulate, y 2 '-\' long, i // -i - ^ // wide, ob- 

 tuse or acutish, imbricated on the short sterile 

 shoots and at the bases of the flowering stems; 

 inflorescence thyrsoid or glomerate, usually 

 short; calyx densely hispid; corolla 2 // -3 // 

 broad, its tube not longer than the calyx; style 

 short; nutlets acutely margined, acute, papillose 

 on the back. 



In dry soil, Northwest Territory to Nebraska and 

 Utah. May-Sept. 



