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VALERIANELLA congesta. 
Close-headed Corn-Salad. 
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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. VALERIANEA. 
VALERIANELLA. — Calyx margo dentatus v. rectus. Corolla 
bilabiata, 5-fida, basi gibbosa v. calcarata. Stigma 2-3-dentatum. Cypsela 
trilocularis, loculis duobus inanibus nunc apertis. 
Div. PLecTRITIs; an genus? 
Loculi inanes aperti aleformes. Corolla calcarata. 
V. congesta ; foliis integris, radicalibus spatulatis, caulinis ovatis subdentatis, 
verticillis cymosis congestis. 
Herba annua, variabilis, nunc palmaris, simplex, floribus foliis brevioribus, 
nunc ramosus, pedalis sesquipedalisve, verticillis. longè pedunculatis. Caulis 
angulatus. Folia glaberrima, radicalia obovata v. spatulata, integerrima, 
caulina late ovata, sessilia, subdentata, floralia lineari-oblonga. Flores mo- 
neci, verticillati; verticillis bipartitis, cymosis; masculi majores.  Bractese 
multifide, pubescentes, laciniis subulatis coloratis glabris. Ovarium pubescens, 
ovatum, anticê bialatum ob-loculos inanes apertos, uniloculare. Calyx margo 
rectus integerrimus. Corolla carnea, nunc virescens, bilabiata, 5-fida, laci- 
niis oblongis obtusis, tubo antice gibboso, basi calcarato, calcare brevi 
arcuato obtuso. Stamina 3. Cypselæ pubescentes, cartilaginee, bialate, 
alis (è loculis inanibus apertis) involutis. 
A beautiful annual, native of the north-west coast of 
North America, whence seeds were sent to the Horti- 
cultural Society, by Mr. David Douglas, in 1826. Our 
drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in June last. 
By far the handsomest of the genus, perfectly hardy, and 
easily cultivated in the open border of the flower garden. | 
It is not very evident to what genus of Valerianeæ this 
plant is referable. With Centranthus it agrees in having 
calcarate flowers; but it differs from that genus in having 
3 stamens; and from all the genera with ecalcarate flowers, 
in the peculiar nature of the fruit, which is 3-celled, with 
two abortive cells, as Valerianella, but with the empty 
