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2a. Valeriana sitchensis scouleri (Rydberg). 
Valeriana scouleri Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 377. 1900. 
Valeriana capitata hookeri Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 48. 1841, not V. hookeriana Wight & Arn. 
1834. 
Type Locauity: “ Moist rocks and islands of the Columbia River.’’ Collected by Douglas 
and by Scouler. ‘ 
Rance: Washington and Oregon to Montana. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Baldy, Olympic Mountains, Conard 296; Lake Crescent, 
Lawrence 256; Eatonville, Flett 2204; Mashel River, Piper in 1889; Mount Rainier, Allen 
243; Montesano, Heller 3937. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian. 
3. Valeriana columbiana Piper, Bot. Gaz. 22: 489. 1896. 
Type LocaLity: Mountains near Wenache. Collected by Whited. 
RanGe: Wenache Mountains. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Stuart, Sandberg & Leiberg 551; ridge west of Wenache, 
Whited 140. | 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
VALERIANA SYLVATICA Banks appears in Suksdorf’s list, but we have been unable to find 
any good evidence that this species occurs within our limits. 
VALERIANELLA. 
Fruit obscurely keeled on the back; cotyledons incumbent. 
Wings broad, as long as the body of the fruit..........-.-.--- 1. V. macrocera. 
Wings narrow, shorter than the body of the fruit... ........... 2. V. mamiullata. 
Fruit strongly keeled on the back; cotyledons accumbent. 
Flowers rose-color; fruit broadly winged... ...........-...-.. 3. V. congesta. 
Flowers pale or white. 
Corolla spurless; fruit winged ..........-.-.-.----------- 4. V. anomala. 
Corolla spurred. 
Fruit winged ........... 2-2-2 -.-.---.------------- 5. V. aphanoptera. 
Fruit wingless............-.-----------2-2-2------- 6. V. samolifolia. 
Mr. Suksdorf erects the latter group of species into a genus, Aligera, and the former group 
he retains in Plectritis, considering both distinct from Valerianella. 
1. Valerianella macrocera (Torr. & Gr.) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 83. 1883. 
Plectritis macrocera Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 50. 1841. 
Aligera grayi Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 4: 147. 1897. 
Type Locaity: California. Collected by Douglas. 
Rance: Washington and Idaho to California and Arizona. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Klickitat County, Suksdorf 23, 25, 218, 24, 5, 330; Ellensburg, 
Piper, May 20, 1897; Whited 311; North Yakima, Mrs. Steinweg; Leckenby; Hender- 
son; Flett 1038; Tampico, Flett 1219; Wenache, Whited 1030; Pasco, Piper 2957; Dou- 
glas County, Spillman; Sprague, Sandberg & Leiberg 206; Henderson, May 20, 1892; 
Spokane, Piper 2945; Hangman Creek, Sandberg & Leiberg 60; Waitsburg, Horner; Pull- 
man, Piper 1789; Hull; Elmer 179; Wawawai, Piper 1505; opposite Clarkston, Horner 32; 
without locality, Vasey in 1889; Snipes Mountain, Cotton 314; Rattlesnake Mountains, 
Cotton 335. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
Mr. Suksdorf considers that this species is really an aggregate of several, which he dis- 
tinguishes as follows, so far as the Washington species are concerned: 
Yorolla pale, the limb equally 5-lobed. 
Wings as long as the body of the fruit... ..-.......------------- V. grayi. 
Wings much shorter than the body of the fruit..........-.--------- V. mamillata. 
