376 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Montana: Bridger Mis., June 12, 1897, Rydbe?-g & Bcssey, 

 jO^o; Headwaters of Jocko River, 1883, Cauby, i6j. 



Yellowstone Park: Soda Butte Creek, 1885, Tzvcedy^ jjo. 



VALERIANACEAE. 

 Valeriana edulis Nutt. ; Torr. & Gra}-, Fl. N. Am. 2: 48 [111. Fl. 



3: 244; Syn. Fl. I-: 42; Bot. Cal. i: 287: Man. R. M. 128]. 



On dry hills, at an altitude of 2000-3000 m. 



Montana: Helena, 1890, J^. D. Kehey ; 1887, R. S. Williains, 

 68g; Columbia Falls, Afrs. J. J. Kennedy, jp: Madison River, 

 1883, Sc7'ibner, 68. 



Yellowstone Park : 1888, Dr. C/ias. II. Hall ; 1884, Tzveedy^ 

 no; Lone Star Ge3'Ser Basin, Aug. 7, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey, 

 J 006. 



* Valeriana capitata Pall. ; Link, Jahrb. i^: 66 [Syn. Fl. i- : 43]. 



The flowers are similar to those of V. Sitckoisis, but the plant is 

 smaller, the leaflets are mostly entire, and the inflorescence is more 

 or less headlike. High mountains, at an altitude of 2000 m. 



Montana: Lima, 1895, Rydberg, 2'jg^. 

 Valeriana septentriooalis ; Valeriana sylvatica Banks; Richards. 



Frankl. Journ. Ed. 2, App. 2, 1823 [111. Fl. 3: 244; Syn. Fl. i- : 



43 ; Bot. Cal. i : 287 : Man. R. M. 129] : not F. W. Schmidt, 1795. 



In wet places, up to an altitude of 3000 m. 



Montana: Helena, 1890, F. D. Kehey: Yogo, 1888, R. S. 

 Williams, igj; Marysville, 1892, /'. D. Kehey; Little Belt Mts., 

 iS()6, Klodnian, 8ot ; Spanish Basin, (^o.? and 8oj : Beaver Head 

 Co., 1888, Tweedy, 161 ; Deer Lodge Co., Emma J. Ware ; Bridger 

 Mountains, June 15 and 17, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey, jooi and 

 500^; Jack Creek. July 14, 5002; Pony. July 7,j00j: Ft. Ellis, 

 1883, Scribner, 6Sa. 



Yellowstone Park : 18S8, Dr. C/ias. II. Hall. 



Idaho: Mt. Chauvet, Julv 29, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey, jooj. 



* Valeriana occidentalis Heller, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 25: 269. 



Like J', sylvatica, but much larger, 6-7 dm. high, with large basal 

 leaves, 2-3 dm. long, and more or less sinuately dentate upper leaf- 

 lets. In bogs, at an altitude of 2000-2500 m. 



Montana: Park Co., 1887, Tzuecdy, J02. 



Yellowstone Park: 1884, Tweedy, /op.f 



t a few of the specimens cited under the preceding species may belong here, as they 

 had passed out of my hands befoi"e Heller's description appeared in print. 



