1916] NELSON & MACBRIDE—WESTERN PLANTS 145 
Although it is not possible to state definitely the relationship of this plant, 
since the fruit is not known, it is probably nearest those species characterized 
by muriculate not at all rugose nutlets, such as O. Shanizii and O. nana. How- 
ever, its shaggy pubescence and simple perennial caudex mark it as distinct 
from any species of the short corolla section of the genus. The type, in the 
Rocky Mt. Herb., is E. T. Johnson 418, 1907, Central Colorado. 
Oreocarya propria, n. sp.—Cespitose perennial: branches of the 
woody caudex densely clothed with the bases of past seasons’ 
leaves: leaves numerous, 3—-6.5 cm. long, half of this length gradu- 
ally narrowed from the spatulate blade portion into a petiole which 
abruptly widens into a fibrosely woolly base; stem leaves mostly 
much reduced and bractlike; pubescence very appressed, finely 
strigose, on the upper leaf surfaces, also sparsely hispid, the 
appressed hispid hairs inconspicuously pustulate at base: stems 
1-2 dm. high, floriferous above the basal leaves: inflorescence 
spikelike, consisting of axillary racemes or clusters, the lower often 
reduced to a single flower in a leaf axil: calyces on distinct pedicels, 
strigose and densely covered with spreading yellowish bristles; 
divisions linear, open in fruit, 3-5 mm. long: corolla white, the 
tube very slightly exceeding the calyx: nutlets ovate, 3-4 mm. 
long, evenly roughened with very fine intersecting and sinuous 
ridges, so as to appear irregularly foveolate; ventral groove enlarging 
toward the base. 
This species is most closely related to O. nana Eastw. It is very distinct, 
however, in its racemose inflorescence, with different pubescence. The old 
leaves are covered with argillaceous soil in which the plant grew. OREGON: 
Vale, Malheur County, May 14, 18096, J. B. Leiberg 2049 (type in Gray Herb.); 
chalky hillsides, Malheur Valley, near Harper Ranch, June 8, 1896, J. B. 
Leiberg 2223. 
* Amsinckia carinata, n. sp.—Foliage, pubescence, calyx, corolla, 
etc., of A. vernicosa H. and A.: nutlets lustrous, smooth, very dark 
gray with a few darker markings, not less than 5 mm. long, not at 
all triquetrous, the angles obtuse (almost rounded), the back some- 
what concave but distinctly carinate by reason of a raised but 
rounded ridge; ventral surface sharply keeled, the acute edge, 
including the linear scar, ending abruptly near the base where there 
are two distinct depressions, giving the impression of an open 
bifurcation. 
