MR. GEYER'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANTS. 239 
VALERIANEÆ. 
1. Valeriana sylvatica, Banks.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 
291. Torr. et Gr. 2. p. 47. 
Has. High cold wet prairies, within the Cœur d’Aleine Moun- 
tains. Root somewhat creeping, aromatic. May. (n. 308.) 
1. V. edulis, Nutt.—Torr. et Gr. Am. 2. p. 48. Patrinia 
ceratophylla, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 290. 
Has. Wet meadows, high plains of Upper Oregon, as far 
east as the Bear River. Leaves variable, very succulent, 
glaucous. Root thick, a good deal resembling that of a 
Parsnep. When baked, like Gamass, it is an agreeable food 
to the Indians, but very disgusting to white people, having 
the nauseous pdonr of chewed tobacco. Hence it is called 
“ Racemo de tabao” by the trappers. May. (n. 337.) 
1. Plectritis congesta, DC.—Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 291. 
Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1095. 
. Has. Sunny declivities of stony mountains, Upper Orezon; ; 
common, April, May. (n. 627.) 
ComrosITÆ, Juss. 
Trib. VERNONIACEÆ. - oo 
a= (Two plants are in the collection (nos. 138 and = gma um 
_ by Mr. Geyer as « Vernoniæ ; ;? but we have mislaid mo — 
_ Specimens, and cannot name them in this place: we es 
trust to do so in the Supplement, together with two or — 
three others eren. we ee d paa have Sm corte us in ss oe: - 
Eri ! 
Trib. hee me RU de. cech dud 
diflora » Nutt.—Torr. et Gr. Am. 2. p. 80. 
