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Plate 6. Kelloggia galioides : Upper part of the plant, of the 

 natural size. Fig. 1. A portion of stem and two of the leaves, showing 

 the stipules, enlarged. 2. Flower and thickened part of the pedicel, 

 magnified. 3. Upper part of the calyx with the hairs removed show- 

 ing the 4-toothed border. 4. Corolla laid open to exhibit style and 

 insertion of the stamens. 5. Mature fruit with the adherent calyx. 

 6. Longitudinal section of the same between the carpels. 7. Uncinate 

 hairs of the calyx. 8. Transverse section of the fruit, above the 

 middle, showing the cotyledonous portion of the embryos. 9. Trans- 

 verse section of one of the carpels near the base. 10. Embryo. The 

 details enlarged. 



3. CEPHALANTHUS, Linn. 



1. CephalInthus occidentalis, Linn. 



Hab. California, on the banks of the Sacramento and its trib- 

 utaries. — There are both broad and narrow-leaved forms in the col- 

 lection. The latter belong to the var. brachypodus, DC. 1. c. ; and 

 G. salicifollus, H. B. K. is probably not distinct. The western plant 

 usually has shorter petioles than the eastern one. The leaves are 

 opposite, ternate, or rarely quarternate. 



Ord 42. VALERIANACEA 



1. VALERIANA, Tourn. 



1. Valekiana edults, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray. 



Hab. Washington Territory, east of the Cascade Mountains, in 

 moist, rocky plains; also in Western Oregon. — This is the famous 

 Blach-root or Tobacco-root of the western Indians. It is thick and 



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