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Range: Alaska to Labrador, southward to Washington, Colorado, Saskatchewan, and 

 New England. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, LyaU in 1859; Silverton, 

 Bouck 94; Mount Adams, Si/te/o// 388; Goose Lake, Flett 13L5; Stevens Pass, Samlherg 

 cfc Leiberg 722; Simcoe Mountains, HowcU: Lake Chelan, Lake <& Hull 548; without 

 locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian and Iludsonian. 



3. Viburnum ellipticum Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 280. 1833. 



Vihuriuim cUipticuni tnacrocarpum Suksdoif, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 18: 97. 1900. 



Ty'PE locality: "Common on the branches of the Columbia near its confluence with 

 the Pacific." Collected by Douglas. 



Range: Washington to north California. 



Specimens examined: Lower Cascades, SuksJorf in 188(3; west Klickitat County, 

 Suksdorf 1213; Cape Horn, Piper 5019. 



According to Suksdorf there are two distinct subspecies, one distinguished l>y iiaving 

 much larger fruit than the other. 



VALERIANACEAE. Valerian Family. 



Perennials; calyx linil) of 5 to 15 plumose slender lobes, inrolled 



until fruiting Valehiana. 



Annuals; calyx limb obsolete or nearly so Valerianella. 



VALERIANA. 



Leaflets thick, entire; root large, fusiform 1. V. ceratophnlla. 



Leaflets thin, mo.stly serrate; rootstocks creeping. 



Tube of corolla slender, twice as long as the limb; stamens 



included 3. T". columhiana. 



Tube of corolla short, less than twice the limb. 



Leaflets coarsely dentate 2. T^. sifckensis. 



Leaflets entire or nearly so 2a. V. sitchensis scouleri. 



M 1. V alerian a ceratophylla (Hook). Tobacco root. 



Vahriana edulis Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 48. 1841. l^Lc^XTl "" 



Patrinia ceratophylla Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 290. 1833. 



Type locality': "Common in low, wet soils between the Kettle Falls and Spokan." 

 Collected by Douglas. 



Range:. British Columbia to Arizona and New Mexico and eastward to Ohio. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat County, Howell; Ellensburg, Whiied 6; Sprague, 

 Heyiderson, May 30, 1892; Spokane County, Suksdorf 329; Medical Lake, Saiidben/ cfc 

 Leiberg 53; "Kettle Falls to Spokane, plentiful," Douglaa, Pullman. Piper 1506; Hull 

 541; Elmer &22. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



2. Valeriana sitchensis Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 145. 1832. 



Type locality': Sitka. 



Range: Alaska to Oregon and Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Olympic Mountains, J. M. Grant in 1890; Baldy Peak, Lainb 

 1339a; Mount Adams, Henderson, August 8, 1892; Suksdorf 467; Mashel River, Piper 

 2629; Silverton, Bouck 99; Goose Lake, Flett 1203; Nason Creek, Sandhcrg & Leiberg 691; 

 Mount Rainier, Piper, August, 1895; Wenache Mountains, E'Zmer 440; Okanogan County, 

 Whited 47, 182; Cascade Mountains, Steinweg in 1894; Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull 540; 

 Blue Mountains, Piper, July 15, 1896; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Clallam County, 

 Elmer 2792. 



Zonal distribution: Iludsonian. 



In Cooper's Report, p. 64, this plant was erroneously referred to V. capitata Willd. 



