GENUs 6. BORAGE FAMILY. 
I. Oreocarya suffruticésa (Torr.) Greene. 
Shrubby Oreocarya. Fig. 3519. 
alsesprts suffruticosa Torr, Ann, Lye. N. Y. 2: 225. 
IW2' 7: 
Eritrichium Jamesii Torr, in Marcy’s Rep. 294. 1853. 
Arsouebia Jamesii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 278. 
2 3 5. 
Oreocarya suffruticosa Greene, Pittonia 1: 57. 1887. 
Perennial, rather stout, branched from the 
base and sometimes also above, strigose-pubescent 
or somewhat hirsute, 5-12’ high. Upper leaves 
linear, 3-1’ long, the lower oblanceolate, some- 
what longer, obtuse or acute; racemes slender, 
panicled; pedicels about 1” long; calyx canescent 
and somewhat hispid, the segments slightly 
spreading, or erect in fruit; bractlets longer than 
the fruiting calyx; corolla 14’-3” broad; its tube 
about equalling the calyx; nutlets smooth, nearly 
1” jong, shining, closely fitting together, trian- 
gular, acute-margined, 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. 3520. 
areas es glomeratum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 729. 
1014. 
Byiriciien glomeraitum DC, Prodr. 10: 131. 1846. 
Krynitzkia 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, 6-18’ high. 
Leaves spatulate or the upper linear, obtuse, 
1’-2}’ long, the basal commonly tufted; inflores- 
cence of thyrsoid clusters, the short dense lateral 
spike-like clusters mostly longer than the sub- 
tending bracts; calyx densely bristly; corolla 
3-5” broad; fruit pyramidal, the nutlets trian- 
gular-ovate, acute, acutely margined, papillose 
on the back. 
In dry soil, Manitoba to Nebraska, New Mexico 
and Utah. May-—Sept. 
Oreocarya thyrsifléra Greene, a related species 
of the Rocky Mountain region, enters our limits in 
western Nebraska. 
3. Oreocarya sericea (A. Gray) Greene. 
Low Oreocarya. Fig. 3521. 
Eritrichium glomeratum var. humile A. Gray, Proc. 
Am, Acad. 10: 61. 1874. Not E. humile DC. 
sa sericea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 20: 279. 
I 5. 
Oreocarva sericea Greene, Pittonia 1: 58. 1887. 
Perennial, low, tufted from the woody root; 
stems usually simple, 3-6’ high, silvery appressed- 
pubescent, or hirsute above. Leaves linear- 
spatulate, 3-1’ long, 1/-13” wide, obtuse or 
acutish, imbricated on the short sterile shoots 
and at the bases of the flowering stems; inflores- 
cence 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. 
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