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Viburnum C APRIFOLI AC. —VALERIAN ACE AE Valerianella 



V. cassinoides L. Withe-rod. 



Frequent in swampy ground, New Castle and Cecil Counties, 

 chiefly on the Coastal Plain. Late April to June. 



V. nudum L. 



Common in swampy ground from the Pennsylvania boundary 

 southward to Wicomico County; rare farther south: peaty clearing 

 s. of Townsend (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5477, in 1935 (P, T); 

 pine woods s. of Townsend (No), R. R. Tatnall, 3373, 1 June 1937 

 (T). June, July. 



V. prunifolium L. Black Haw. 



Common on banks of streams in the Piedmont; less frequent on 

 the Coastal Plain; one collection in Northampton County: woods 

 back of dunes. Savage Neck, Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5472, in 1935. 

 May, early June. 



Sambucus L. Elder. 



S. canadensis L, Common Elder. 



Frequent in open soil of the Piedmont province; infrequent on 

 the Coastal Plain southward to the Virginia line. June, early July. 



S. pubens Mx. {S. racemosa of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) Red- 

 berried Elder. 



One collection, in the Piedmont of Cecil County : along Octoraro 

 Creek, above Cecil Paper Mill, Long & St. John, 1 May 1916 (A). 



VALERIANACEAE (Valerian Family) 



Valeriana L. Valerian. 

 V. pauciflora Mx. 



Locally abundant in alluvial soil along the Susquehanna River, 

 in Cecil County: Conowingo, J. J. Carter, 19 May 1910 (A), and 

 Long & Bartram, 31 May 1913 (A); woods 1 mi. s. of Rowlandsville, 

 R. R. Tatnall, 4515, 28 May 1940 (T, A, P, G). Mid-May, early 

 June. 



Valerianella Hill. Corn Salad. 



V. clitoria (L.) Dufr. ( F. Locusta (L.) Betcke.) 



Cultivated, and occasionally escaping to waste places, in New 

 Castle, Cecil and Caroline Counties. Introd. from Europe. 



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