5382 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Rance: Alaska to Labrador, southward to Washington, Colorado, Saskatchewan, and 
New England. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Silverton, 
Bouck 94: Mount Adams, Suksdorf 388; Goose Lake, Flett 1315; Stevens Pass, Sandberg 
& Leiberg 722; Simcoe Mountains, Howell; Lake Chelan, Lake & Hull 548; without 
locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian and Hudsonian. 
3. Viburnum ellipticum Hook. FI. Bor. Am. 1: 280. 1833. 
Viburnum ellipticum macrocarpum Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 18: 97. 1900. 
Type Locatiry: “Common on the branches of the Columbia near its confluence with 
the Pacific.” Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Washington to north California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Lower Cascades, Suksdorf in 1886; west Klickitat County, 
Suksdorf 1213; Cape Horn, Piper 5019. 
According to Suksdorf there are two distinct subspecies, one distinguished by having 
much larger fruit than the other. 
VALERIANACEAE. VALERIAN FAMILY. 
Perennials; calyx limb of 5 to 15 plumose slender lobes, inrolled 
until fruiting ........-...---.-.-------- +--+ 2-222 eee eee eee VALERIANA. 
Annuals; calyx limb obsolete or nearly so... -.-.--------------++-+-++ VALERIANELLA. 
VALERIANA. 
Leaflets thick, entire; root large, fusiform. .......-.---------- 1. V. ceratophylla. 
Leaflets thin, mostly serrate; rootstocks creeping. 
Tube of corolla slender, twice as long as the limb; stamens 
included. .....-.------ coe ee ee ce ee ee ee ee eee eee ee eeeee 3. V. columbiana. 
Tube of corolla short, less than twice the limb. 
Leaflets coarsely dentate........-..----------------- 2. V. sitchensis. 
Leaflets entire or nearly so........----------------- Qa. V. sutchensis scouleri. 
1. Valeriana ceratophylla (Hook). ToBACCO ROOT. 
Valeriana edulis Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 48. 1841. 
Patrinia ceratophylla Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 290. 1833. 
Type Locatity: “Common in low, wet soils between the Kettle Falls and Spokan.” 
Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico and eastward to Ohio. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat County, Howell; Ellensburg, Whited 6; Sprague, 
Henderson, May 30, 1892; Spokane County, Suksdorf 329; Medical Lake, Sandberg & 
Leiberg 53; “Kettle Falls to Spokane, plentiful,” Douglas, Pullman, Piper 1506; Hull 
541; Elmer 822. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
2. Valeriana sitchensis Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 145. 1882. 
Type Loca.ity: Sitka. 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Olympic Mountains, ./. M. Grant in 1890; Baldy Peak, Lamb 
13392: Mount Adams, Henderson, August 8, 1892; Suksdorf 467; Mashel River, Piper 
2629: Silverton, Bouck 99; Goose Lake, Flett 1203; Nason Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 691; 
Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; Wenache Mountains, Elmer 440; Okanogan County, 
Whited 47, 182; Cascade Mountains, Steinweg in 1894; Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull 540; 
Blue Mountains, Piper, July 15, 1896; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clallam County, 
Elmer 2792. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
In Cooper’s Report, p. 64, this plant was erroneously referred to V. capitata Willd. 
