PIPER FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 533 



' 2a. Valeriana sitchensis scoiileri (Rydl)erg). 



Valenana scouleri Rydl)erg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: :i77. IIMH). 



Valeriana capiiafa hookeri Toir. & Gr. FI. 2: 48. 1841, not 1'. hookcriana Wight & Am. 

 1834. 



Type locality: " Moist rocks and islands of the Ooliiinl)ia River." Collected hy Douglas 

 and by Scolder. 



Range: Washington and Oregon to Montana. 



Specimens examined: Mount Baldy, Olympic Mountains, Oonard 29(y. Lake Crescent, 

 Lawrence 256; Eatonville, FIctt 2204; Mashel River, Piptr in 1889; Mount Rainier, .4//(7i 

 243; Montesano, Heller 3937. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian. 



3. Valeriana Columbiana Piper, Bot. Gaz. 22: 489. 1896. 



Type locality: Mountains near Wenache. Collected by Whited. 



Range: Wenache Mountains. 



Specimens examined: Mount Stuart, Sarulberg d' Leibery 551; ridge west of Weiiache, 

 Whited 140. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



Valeriana sylvatica Banks appears in Suksdorf's list, but we have been unai)l<' to lind 

 any good evidence that this species occurs within our limits. 



VALERIANELLA. 



Fruit obscurely keeled on the back; cotyledons incumbent. 



Wings broad, as long as the body of the fruit 1. V. macroccra. 



Wings narrow, shorter than the body of the fruit 2. T. mainUlatn. 



Fruit strongly keeled on the back: cotyledons accumbent. 



Flowers rose-color; fruit broadly winged 3. V . anujexta. 



Flowers pale or white. 



Corolla spurless; fruit winged 4. V . anoinahi. 



Corolla spurred. 



Fruit winged 5. V . a pluinopteni. 



Fruit wingless 6. V. an in ol [folia. 



Mr. Suksdorf erects the latter group of species into a genus, Aligera, and the former group 

 lie I'ctains in Plectritis, considering both distinct from Valei-ianclla. 



1. Valerianella macrocera (Torr. & Gr.) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19: 83. 1883. 



Plectritis macrocera Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 50. 1841. 



Aligera grayi Suksdorf, Deutsch. Bot. Monatss. 4: 147. 1897. 



Type locality: California. Collected by Douglas. 



Range: W^ashington and Idaho to California and Arizona. 



Specimens examined: Klickitat County, Suksdorf 23, 25, 218, 24, 5, 330; Ellensburg, 

 Piper, May 20, 1897; Whited 311; North Yakima, 3frs. Steinweg; Leckenhij: Hender- 

 son; Flat 1038; Tampico, F/d< 1219; Wenache, Whited 1030; Pasco, Piper 2957; Dou- 

 glas County, Spillinan; Sprague, Sandberg & Leiberg 206; Henderson, May 20, 1892; 

 Spokane, Piper 2945; Hangman Creek, Sandberg (& Leiberg 60; Waitsburg, Horner: Pull- 

 man, Piper 1789; Hull; Elmer 179; Wawawai, Piper 1505; opposite Clarkston, //orner 32; 

 without locality, Vasey in 1889; Snipes Mountain, Cotton 314; Rattlesnake Mountains, 

 Cotton 335. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



Mr. vSuksdoi'f considers that this species is really an aggregate of several, which he dis- 

 tinguishes as follows, so far as the Washington species are concerned: 

 Corolla pale, the limb ecjually .5-lobed. 



Wrings as long as the body of the fruit . T'. grayi. 



Wings much shorter than the body of the fruit V . inaniillala. 



