80 BORAGINACEAE. Vou, II. 
1. Cryptantha crassisépala (T. & G.) Greene. Thick-sepaled Cryptanthe. 
Fig. 3517. 
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: 
12, 1887. 
Densely hispid, at length much branched, 
3-6’ high. Leaves linear, or linear- 
spatulate, 4’-14’ 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 nutlets, and 1 
larger smooth and shining nutlet about 1” 
long, attached to the receptacle from the 
base to near the middle. 
In dry soil, Saskatchewan to Nebraska, 
Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. Rosita. 
June—Aug. 
2. Cryptantha Feéndleri (A. Gray) 
Greene. Fendler’s Cryptanthe. 
Fig. 3518. 
Krynitzkia Fendleri A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 
20: 268. 1885. 
Cryptanthe Fendleri Greene, Pittonia 1: 120. 
1887. 
Erect, hispid; stem slender, paniculately 8 
branched, 6-15’ high. Leaves linear, or the 
lowest linear-spatulate, 1’-23’ long; spikes 
slender, bracteolate only at the base; flowers 
sessile, 1’-2” broad; fruiting calyx nearly 
closed, its segments linear, leaf-like, herba- 
ceous, about 2” long; nutlets 4, all alike, 
brown, smooth and shining, less than 1” long, 
attached to the receptacle from the base to 
about the middle. 
In dry soil, Saskatchewan to Washington, south 
to Nebraska and Arizona. June—Aug. 
6. OREOCARYA Greene, Pittonia, 7 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.] Called White Forget-me-not. 
About 9 species, natives of western North America and Mexico. Type species: Oreocarya 
suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene. 
Inflorescence racemose-paniculate ; nutlets smooth. 1. O. suffruticosa. 
Inflorescence thyrsoid or thyrsoid-glomerate; nutlets rough. 
Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, little longer than the lobes. 
Densely rough-hairy, 6’-18’ high. 2. O. glomerata. 
Silvery appressed-pubescent, 3’-6’ high. 3. O. sericea, 
Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, 2 or 3 times as long as the lobes. _ 4. O. fulvocanescens, 
