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YALERIANA Cornucopiz. 
Purple Valerian. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Dipsacem. Jussieu gen. 194. 
Div. II. Flores distincti. 
VALERIANA. Cal. simplex superus 5-6-(3-4)-dentatus, aut 
marginatus subinteger maturatione in pappum plumosum evolvendus. 
Cor. tubulosa basi calcarata aut gibba, limbo 5-fido æquali aut rariìs 
inequali. Stam. sepê 3, rariüs 1-0 aut 4. Stig. 1-3. Sem. pappo- 
sum, aut capsula 2-3-loc. 2-3-sperma (modô loculamento 1 fertili) apice 
nuda aut calycinis dentibus coronata. Caulis herbaceus. Folia opposita. 
Flores pleràmque corymbosi terminales. Jussieu l. c. 195. 
V. Cornucopia, (diandra, irregularis;) foliis ovatis nervosis, radicalibus 
spathulatis, caulinis sessilibus. Vahl enum. 2. 19; (sub FEDIA). 
Valeriana Cornucopim. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 144. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 12. 
Desfont. atl. 1.29. Hort. Rew. 1. 51. ed. 2.1.76. Fl. greca. 1. 
93.t. 39. Lamarck encyc. 8. 312. 
Fedia incrassata. Monch meth. 486. 
Fedia Cornucopim. Gertn. sem. 2. 37. t. 86. f. 3. Vahl loc. cit. Lam. 
et. Decand. fl. franc. 4. 246. 
Valerianella cornucopioides. Rivin. monop. t. 5. 
Valerianella cornucopioides, flore galeato.  Tournef. Inst. 153. 
Pseudo-valeriana cornucopioides annua purpurea. Moris, hist. 3. s. 7. 
104. t. 16. fig. 27. 
Valeriana indica. Clus. hist. 9. 54. 
Radix | füsiformis. Caulis ramosissimus, patens, teres, glaber, carnosus, 
Joliosus. Folia opposita, subcarnosa, levia, ovalo shtonte obtusa, basi im- 
primìs dentata; inferiora petiolata; superiora subsessilia, basi gt imm 
Cymz terminales, subtrichotome. Pedunculi incrassati, carnost. — Dractese 
imbricate, lanceolate, ciliate. Flores erecti, rosei. Cal. superus, p ; 
laciniis patentibus, ovatis, acutis, persistentibus. Corolle tubus en T5, 
geniculatus, subtüs brevissimê calcaratus ; limbus bilabiatus ; roe labio E 
Jeriore basi pallido, trilineato. Stamina 2, erecta, exserta, hn is ip ooh 
limbi : anth. cerulee. Stylus longitudine staminum. pen lum. A aps. 
elliptica, ventricosa, 3-locularis, calyce coronata: sem. solitaria, oblonga. 
Smith in Flor. grec. ad loc. cit. 
A genus consisting of species prere! cami 
respect of their general features, yet curiously d E 
the form and numbers of the parts of both flower and fruit, 
and consequently not easily framed together by ee 
character. Varies through the different species yddio 
one to with 2, 3, and 5 stamens; from with a globular, 
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