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SCOULER VALERIAN 



Valeria'na scou'Ieri, syns. "V. sitchen'sis", 1 V. sitchen'sis scou'leri 



Flowers white or pinkish, in contracted, ter- 

 minal clusters (cymes) 



United flower parts (corolla) with funnel- 

 shaped tube up to Yu in. long and Jess than twice 

 the length of the 5 equal lobes, swollen on one 

 side at base 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) adherent to 

 seed-producing organs (ovary), slightly hairy, 

 the upper part consisting of 5 to 15, bristlelike, 

 feathery teeth which are rolled up and hidden 

 in flower but uncoiled and conspicuous in fruit 



Fruit 1-celled, 1-seeded, flattened, 1-nerved 

 on one side, 3-nerved on other, hairless, about 

 t in. long when ripe 



Stem hairless or nearly so, erect, usually 1 to 

 2 (sometimes up to 5) ft. tall 



Stem leaves : opposite, thin, short-stalked, 

 compound, with 3 to 7 leaflets; leaflets broadly 

 egg-shaped or elliptic to lance-shaped, mostly 

 entire or wavy-margined; terminal leaflet 

 always the largest 



Basal leaves thin, long-stalked, simple or 

 compound with 3 to 5 leaflets; leaflets mostly 

 entire or wavy-margined; terminal leaflet larg- 

 est, reverse-egg-shaped or rounded; lateral leaf- 

 lets elliptic 



Rootstock underground, stout, thickened, 

 strong-scented, perennial 



Roots fibrous 



1 Of United States authors, not Bongard. 



