Valeriana.] VALERIANE^ 29 1 



2 oppositi, vel 3-^ verticUlati, bracteis linearibus 2-4 basi connatis suffulti. Pedicelli breves floresque con- 

 gesti, (albi, Douglas^ bracteati. 



Hab, Common in low wet soils between the Kettle Falls and Spokan, in the vallies on the west side of 

 the Rocky Mountains. Douglas, — " The roots," Mr. Douglas observes, " during- the spring- months, are 

 collected by the Indians, baked on heated stones, and used as an article of winter or spring food. From a 

 bitter and seemingly pernicious substance, it is thus converted into a soft and pulpy mass, which has a sweet 

 taste, resembling that of treacle, and is apparently not unwholesome." — This plant has altogether the habit 

 of Patriniat and its flowers, as far as I can j udge of them, for they are scarcely expanded, agree with that 

 genus. But they are observed by Mr. Douglas to be white, whilst those of all the knoMm species of Patrinia 

 are yellow. 



2. PLECTRITIS. DC. 



CaL margo rectus mtegcrrimus. Cor> tuho basi breve calcarato antice gibboso, limbo S-fido 

 bilabiate, Stam, 3. Capsula cartilaginea 1-locularIs bialata, loculis ncinpe 3 quorum 2 

 inanes aperti alseformes (involutae.) — Herba annua glabra, hahitu media inter Ccntran- 

 thum et Fediam, sed iriandra et fructu singular issi mo distlncta. FJores rosei monoid 

 verticillato-congesti. Bractcje mnltifidm laciniis siibidatis, DC, 



1, P. congesta. De Cand. Prodr. v, 4. jo. 631, — Valerian ella congesta. LindL Bat Beg, 

 t 1095. — p, minor ; foliis angustioribus, Valerianella parviflora. Douglas^ in Herb, Hort 

 Soc, Land, 



Hab. Banks of streams and moist rocks, along the sea-shore, near the mouth of the Columbia. Douglas, 

 Dr. Scouler, 



3. VALERIANA. Neck, 



Col. limbus per anthesin involutus deinde evolutus in pappum deciduum multisetum, setis 

 plumosis. Corolla tubo obconlco aut cylindrico basi sequali aut gibbo ecalcarato obtuse 

 S-fido, rarius 3-fido. Stam, 3. Frudus indehiscens, maturus 1-locul. 1-spennus.^ — Herbae 

 aut suffrutices. Folia varia^ scepe in iisdem individuis diversa, Flores corymbosi, capitato 

 aut paniculati, Cor.Jere omnium albcB^ rarius cceruks centes rosei autflavi, DC, 



1, V, sylvatica ; glabra erecta, caule striate, foliis radicalibus petiolatis ovatis aut sub- 

 spatbulatis indivisis, caulinis pinnatipartitis laciniis ovato-lanceolatis subiiitegerrimis, floribus 

 hermaphroditis, stigmatis lobis minutis 2-3, fructibus ovatis compressis glabris. — Banks, 

 MSS, Bich. in FrankL \st Journ. ed. 2. App, p. 2. 



Hab. Newfoundland, Sir Joseph Banks, Clear-water River. Rich, in Frankl. Ist Journ. Prairies 

 of the Rocky Mountains, abundant. Drummond. — In every respect, save in the hermaphrodite flowers, this 

 agrees with the Europiean V, dioica, and if Scopoli's statement be correct, when he says of this latter, — 

 " Millena specimina exarainavi et nunquam vidi flores dioicos, sed nunc omnes bermaphroditos, nunc fila- 

 mento uno aliove castrato instmctos, nunc masculos et fcemineos in eadem plauta, ita tamen ut masculi flores 

 continerent rudimentum germinis etstyli; sine seminibus vero perfectis nulbim bactonus inveni plantam," 

 I do not see in what respect the two really differ. From V. Phu our plant is distinguished by the 

 smaller and shorter fruit, and entire absence of the two hairy lines, 



2. V, pauciflora ; glabra, caule erecto glabro simplici sulcato, foliis radicalibus petiolatis 

 cordatis simplicibus sinuato-crenatis caulinis lyrato-pinnatisectis supremis tematisectis v. 

 simplicibus, foliolis lato-ovatis acutis sinuato-dentatis, floribus hermaphroditis triandris, 

 fructibus ovatis compressis glabris. (Tab. CI.) — Mich. Am, v, 1. p. 18. Pursh, Fl. Am, v. 



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