1902] Graves, — Valerianella in New England 195 



lifolia with small pale flowers and puberulent, not glandular-hairy, 

 racemes occurs commonly from Newfoundland to Ontario and 

 Michigan and south to the Gulf of Mexico, but so far as I have 

 observed in New England and Eastern Canada it is always in the 

 neighborhood of towns, and oftenest in lawns, roadsides and culti- 

 vated or old fields. Occasionally it occurs in woodlands but there 

 it is usually by roads or paths where its occurrence suggests possible 

 introduction. 



The larger-flowered glandular var. hnmifttsa, on the other hand, is 

 perfectly at home in mountain woods and by streams, and in natural 

 meadows far from settlements, and a study of the accumulated 

 material shows it to be the common form in such situations over a 

 broad range. As now known, the plant is found from Labrador and 

 Newfoundland to the White Mountains, and southeastern New York ; 

 and from Colorado, Utah and southern California north to Alaska. 

 Gray Herbarium. 



VALERIANELLA IN NEW ENGLAND. 



C. B. Graves, M. D. 



In the spring of 1901, through the kindness of Miss Mary 

 F. Crofton, I received a few specimens of a Valerianella collected by 

 Miss Edith M. Shelley of Waterford, Connecticut. The immaturity 

 of the material did not admit of a positive determination of the spe- 

 cies, and I did not get an opportunity that season to investigate 

 it further. Last June, following Miss Shelley's directions, I visited 

 the locality from which the plants came. The abundant material 

 collected then proves the plant to be Valerianella radiata Dufr. 



The station is in the town of Waterford on the east bank of Nian- 

 tic river, which is here salt. The species is abundant on the slope 

 of the gravelly terrace, reaching from just above high-water mark 

 nearly to the top of the bench, and extending along the shore for 

 about a quarter of a mile. 



The bank at this point is covered by a low shrubby tangle made 

 up chiefly of poison ivy, grape vines and climbing bitter-sweet, and 

 in the midst of this and especially along its lower edges the Valeri- 

 anella grows freely. Among the other plants associated with it 

 Triosteum perfoliatum L. and Galium Aparine L. are noticeable. 



