q 2. Valeriana (Tourn.) L, 
Erect perennial herbs , taproots o 
rank odor, ins leaves mostly a Flowers saci” mite eras 
or polygamous. Peper calyx mBRe, consisting of several] iis bristl 
which are curled inward in flower and inconspicuous, but unroll afte i“ 
dropping of the corolla and form a feathery crown in fruit, Corolla 4 1 
regular, funnelshaped, 5-lobed, Saccate near the base on One side, Sediene 
3. Ovary lechambered; fruit an ellipsoid sanewhat ¢ 
veined on one face, 3-veined on the reverse. lattened achene, 1© =) 
QO Plants with stout taproots and thickish fleshy 
4 leaves; matur 
4 68; mature achenes pubescent 1. Ve edulis 
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2 Plants with horizontal rootstocks and fibrous roots 
4 their leaves thin; achenes glabrous , 
eCorolla 6-7 mm. long; basal leaves 5-7-follalete — Ve sitchensig 
Corolla 3-4 mn. long; basal leaves entire 
elliptical , 
Seca. ay. occidentalis 
—-____7 = Seetenta 
Gr V. edulis Nutt. Stems erect, 40-100 om. tall or more, pale 
"" green, arising from a thickened taproot; basal leaves tufted, 25-30 om. 
log, oblanceolate in outline, entire or divided in 3<5 linear entire seg- 
ments, thinly hispidulous, 6-8 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, the cauline leaves 
similar; flowers greenish-yellow, polygamo-dicecious, borne in elongate open 
panicles 25-30 om. long, the branches ascending, glabrate or puberulent; 
bracts membranous, lanceolate, acute, hirtellous, 3-5 mm. long; steminate 
corolla about 2 mm. long, the pistillate about half as large; achenes 3 mn. 
long, flattened-ovoid, pubescent, the pappus bristles about 12, nearly twide 
as long as the achene. 
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In fields and open places in the grassland. me 4 
Mo Ge ——— > Near Moscow, Epling and Houck 9195; Henderson; Harvard, Epling and Luke 
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