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Corolla 2-lipped, rose-colored. 
Corolla 2 to 3 mm. long; spur 2 to 3 mm. long. 
Wings longer than the body of the fruit........-.-.-.2.-.-.-.- V. macroptera. 
Wings shorter than the body of the fruit. ........2.2.2...-.-.- V. macrocera. 
Corolla 1.5 mm. long; spur 1 mm. long. . Lessee . ... V.rubens. 
True macrocera on this basis is confined to Califor nia. "The r remaining segregates occur 
in Washington. 
2. Valerianella mamillata (Suksdorf). 
Aligera mamillata Suksd.; Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 4: 147. 1897. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Simcoe Mountains, Washington. 
Rance: Known only from the type locality. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Simcoe Mountains, Suksdorf. 
This species seems to us perfectly valid, the fruit appearing long-beaked partly owing to 
the short wings. 
3. Valerianella congesta Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: pl. 1094. 1827. 
Plectritis congesta DC. Prod. 4: 631. 1830. 
Plectritis microptera Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 4: 119. 1897. 
Betckea major Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. I]. 5: 30. 1837. 
Plectritis major Hoeck; Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 3: 37. 1882. 
Type Locatity: “Native of the north-west coast of North America.” Collected by 
Douglas in 1826. 
RanGE: British Columbia to California in the coast region. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Coupeville, Gardner 147; Admiralty Head, Piper, May, 1898; 
Tacoma, Flett 55, 55; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf, May, 1881; Bingen, Sheldon 10220; 
Cape Horn, Piper 4984. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
Three forms of this plant occur as to fruit, one wingless (major), the second narrowly 
winged (microptera), the third broadly winged (congesta). They are considered distinct 
species by Suksdorf, but they do not differ in any character but the fruit. All three forms 
occur in Washington. 
Plectritis congesta minor Hook. has usually been considered a synonym of V. macrocera, 
but its type locality “near the mouth of the Columbia” is a region where macrocera is not 
known to occur. 
4. Valerianella anomala A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 83. 1883. 
Plectritis anomala Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 4: 144. 1897. 
Type Locatity: ‘Wet grounds on the Columbia River and near it.’’ Collected: by 
Howell and by Suksdorf. 
Rance: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hoquiam, Lamb 1021; Klickitat County, Suksdorf 26; Bingen, 
Sheldon 10221. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
5. Valerianella aphanoptera A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 83. 1883. 
Plectritis aphanoptera Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 4: 144. 1897. 
TYPE LocaLity: Klickitat County, Washington. Collected by Suksdorf. 
RanGe: Washington and Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: West Klickitat County, Suksdorf, June 9, 1882. 
6. Valerianella samolifolia (DC.) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 83. 1883. 
Betckea samolifolia DC. Prod. 4. 642. 1830. 
TYPE LocALity: “In pascuis montanis prope la Punta de Cortes Chilensium.” 
RANGE: Washington to ¢ to California. Chile. 
@Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 291. 1834. 
