VALERIAN FAMILY 59 
undivided or a to aye subacute to obtuse, 6-40 cm. long, 0.3-6.5 cm. — gradually 
tapering to the base, more or less repand to entire , Spreading-ciliate, pilosulose to appressed white- 
puberulent or fs prea or the oles often puberule nt, the lateral lobes of the divided leaves 1-4 
pairs, mostly distinct or sometimes narrowly decurrent, the terminal lobe 4.5-9.0 cm. long, 
.9-2.0 cm. wide; cauline leaves 2-3 Gell develiped pairs, pinnate to Seat: rarely undivided, 
short-petiolate or sessile below , much reduced a ve, 3-22 cm. long, elliptic- to obovate-spatulate : 
inflorescences thyrsiform, large, with polygamodioecious flowers; corolla rotate, the perfect and 
staminate flowers 3.0-3.5 mm. lo ong, the sh piaeciak 0.5 mm. long, white, the tube slightly 
gibbous; stamens and diyte exhertet frui : poem —oe to densely hirsutulous. 
In moist pastures, creek bottoms, yellow pine ca asp wos, ush plains, cliffs, and subalpine parks, 
Arid Transition and lower Boreal Zones; ssatherh British “Colnon re wed “th United States except California 
to northwestern Mexico. Type locality: ‘Walla Walla, Walla Watts County, Washington. May-Sept. 
2. VALERIANELLA {Tourn.] Mill. Gard. Dict. abr. ed. 4. 1754. 
Dichotomously branched annuals with basal leaves tufted and entire, the stem-leaves 
sessile and often dentate. Flowers in terminal and usually corymbosely arranged cymose 
clusters. Calyx-limb short or obsolete in the flower, short- tooth when present; in the fruit 
at the summit. Ovary 3-celled, one cell fertile, the others empty but one usually about as 
large as the fertile one. [Name diminutive of Valeriana.] 
5055. Valeriana capitata 5057. Valeriana occidentalis 
5056. Valeriana columbiana $058. Valeriana dioica 
