272 Valerianaceae 



Smooth throughout ; stem rather 

 Valeriana 



Scouleri stout > J ~3 feet ni g n - Leaves, 



Rydb. the basal on long petioles, ob- 



Scouler's long, 1-2 inches long, 3-lobed, 

 the centre one much the largest, 

 oblong, tapering to both ends, the lateral 

 lanceolate; stem leaves, 2-4 pairs pinnately 

 parted in 5-7 lanceolate, acute, entire, or 

 undulate segments, 1-2 inches long. Flowers 

 pink in a flat, cymose panicle, 2-2 J inches 

 broad; corolla nearly | of an inch long, 

 funnel-form; stamens and style exserted. 



In moist open ground throughout the 

 Rockies at the higher elevations ; flowering 

 during June and early July. 



Valeriana Smooth; stems rather stout, 

 sitchensis 1-5 feet high, often branching. 

 Bong. Wild Leaves in 2-4 pairs, pinnately 

 Heliotrope. 3 _ 5 _i o bed, leaflets ovate to ob- 

 long or lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely den- 

 tate, 1-2 inches long, densely white-hairy 

 at the base of the petioles ; basal leaves lack- 

 ing at the time of flowering. Flowers very 



