PIPEE FLORA OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 538 



2a. Valeriana sitchensis scouleri (Rydberg). 



Valeriana scouleri Rydberg, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 377. 1900. 



Valeriana capitata hookeri Torr. & Gr. Fl. 2: 48. 1841, not V. hookeriana Wight & Arn. 

 1834. 



Type locality: "Moist rocks and islands of the Columbia River." Collected by Douglas 

 and by Scouler. 



Range: Washington and Oregon to Montana. 



Specimens examined: Mount Baldy, Olympic Mountains, Conard 296; Lake Crescent, 

 Lawrence 256; Eatonville, FZe/< 2204; Mashel River, Piper in 1889; Mount Rainier, ylZZen 

 243; Montesano, //eZZer 3937. 



Zonal distkibdtion: 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, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 551; ridge west of Wenache, 

 Whited 140. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



Valeriana sylvatica Banks appears in Suksdorf 's list, but we have been unable to find 

 any good evidence that this species occurs within our limits. 



VALERIANELLA. 



Fruit obscurely keeled on the back; cotyledons incumbent. 



W^ings broad, as long as the body of the fruit 1. V. macrocera. 



Wings narrow, shorter than the body of the fruit 2. V. mamillata. 



Fruit strongly keeled on the back; cotyledons accumbent. 



Flowers rose-color; fruit broadly winged 3. F. congesta. 



l^'lowers pale or white. 



Corolla spurless; fruit winged 4. V . anomala. 



Corolla spurred. 



Fruit winged 5. V. aphanoptera. 



Fruit wingless 6. V. samolifolia. 



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

 he retains in Plectritis, considering both distinct from Valerianella. 



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 Dougla.s. 



Range: Washington and Idaho to California and Arizona. 



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

 Piper, May 20, 1897; Whited 311; No:-th Yakima, Mrs. Steinweg; Leckenby; Heruler- 

 son; Flett 1038; Tampico, Flett 1219; Wenache, Whited 1030; Pasco, Piper 2957; Dou- 

 glas County, Spillman; Sprague, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 206; Henderson, May 20, 1892; 

 Spokane, Piper 2945; Hangman Creek, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 60; Waitsburg, Homer; Pull- 

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

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

 Cotton 335. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 



Mr. Suksdorf 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 equally 5-lobed. 



Wings as long as the body of the fruit V. grayi. 



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



