VALERIANEZ. 
very narrow; limb of calyx obliquely truncate, campanulate, 
6-toothed : teeth erect, the 3 front ones the shortest; bracteas 
adpressed, linear; leaves oblong-linear, quite entire, or toothed 
at the base. ©. H. Native of Europe, in corn-fields, from 
Andegaveny and Spain to Tauria. Lois. not. P 4 Or te S Aa? 
Dufr. val. p. 59. t. 3. no. 4. D. C. coll. mem. t. 3. f. 5. Fadia 
eriocárpa and Fèdia muricàta, Roem. et Schultes. Fèdia cam- 
panulàta, Presl. sic. p. 11. V. campanulata, Bir. man. 4. p. 18. 
Fèdia eriocárpa, Rchb. pl. crit. 1. t. 65. Guss. prod. 1. p. 26. 
Fèdia rugulòsa, Stev. in litt. Mor. oxon. sect. 7. t. 16. f. 33. 
Flowers lilac. There is a variety of this, having the fruit pilose 
on the ribs, and glabrous at the base. Bracteas quite entire or 
serrated. Sterile cells of capsule very narrow. 
Var. B, rugulòsa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) bracteas ovate-lan- 
ceolate ; habit firmer. ©. H. Native along with the species. 
Fèdia rugulòsa, Spreng. pug. 2. p- 2. 
Woolly-fruited Lamb’s-lettuce. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1821. 
Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
11 V. mixra (Dufr. val. p. 59. t. 3. no. 6.) fruit ovate, vil- 
lous, having the 2 sterile cells very narrow; limb of calyx ob- 
lique, with 3 short teeth ; bracteas linear, adpressed; leaves 
oblong, quite entire. ©. H. Native of France, Italy, Tauria, 
n comn-fields. Fédia mixta, Vahl, enum. 2. p- 21. V. micro- 
cârpa, Lois. not. p. 151. Fédia minùta, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 
144.? Flowers pink. Sauvages’s plant, cited by Vahl, belongs 
to Centranthus Calcitrapa. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from 
Vy. eriocárpa, 
Mixed Lamb’s-lettuce. PI. 3 
to 1 foot, 
12 V. Morisòxi (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627. Rchb. icon. bot. 
cent. 1. t. 63.) fruit ovate, rather conical, downy ; limb of calyx 
oblique, tridentate on one side, and furnished with 1-2 nearly 
obsolete teeth on the other ; the 2 sterile cells of fruit filiform, 
much narrower than the fertile one; bracteas subulate, erect, 
cartilaginously ciliated; flowers corymbose ; leaves linear- 
tongue-shaped, quite entire or few-toothed at the base. ©. H. 
Native of Europe and Tauria, in corn-fields; and of Caucasus, 
on the Talusch mountains, near Perimbal ; found in corn-fields 
in Cornwall, Essex, and on Harlton Hill, Cambridgeshire ; 
and in Scotland, about Edinburgh. Fédia dasycérpa, Stev. 
mem. soc. mose. 5. p. 348. Fèdia Morisonii, Spreng. pug. 5. 
P6. Fèdia dentàta, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 70. Valeriàna dentata, 
Sow. engl. bot. t. 1370. Fèdia dentàta eriespérma, Wallr. 
sched. Fèdia dentàta dasycárpa, Rchb. pl. crit. no. 127. t. 63. 
—Mor. oxon. t. 16. f. 35, Fèdia locústa olitòria, Oed. fl. dan. 
t. 738. Flowers purple. 
Var. B, leiocáârpa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) fruit glabrous. 
©. H. Native along with the species. F. dentàta, Stev. 
Morisònii, Agardh. Fèdia dentàta, var. leiocárpa, Rchb. pl. 
cnt. t. 62. There are varieties of this, having the leaves 3 in a 
whorl, and pinnatifid. 
Morison’s Lamb’s-lettuce. FI. April, June. Britain. PI. 1 ft. 
13 V. puse’ruta (D.C. prod. 4. p. 627.) fruit ovate, downy, 
hardish, rather angular, not umbilicated ; limb of calyx very short, 
oblique, 3-5-toothed ; the 2 sterile cells of the fruit filiform, and 
very narrow ; bracteas linear, erect, ciliately denticulated, with 
membranous margins; flowers corymbose ; leaves linear-oblong, 
duite entire, or hardly unidentate at the base. ©. H. Native of 
Sicily and Calabria, in corn-fields. Fédia pubérula, Bertol. in 
uss. pl. rar. p. 14. prod. 1. p.27. Fèdia microcarpa, Rchb. 
Pl. crit. 2. t. 114, 
Donny Lamb’s-lettuce. Pl. + foot. 
14 V. rrunca'ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) fruit ovoid, downy, 
Convex on the back, and bicostate in front ; the 2 sterile cells of 
fruit filiform, much narrower than the fertile one ; limb of calyx 
ear-formed, obliquely truncate, quite entire, equal in length to 
FI. May, June. Clt. 1818. 
IV. VALERIANELLA. 669 
the fruit; bracteas linear, dilated and concave at the base, cili- 
ately serrated; flowers cymose; leaves oblong, quite entire. 
©. H. Native of Candia, at Canea or Cydonia, in corn-fields ; 
also of the Island of Melos, and in Cazar and Theodosia. Fèdia 
truncata, Rchb. pl. crit. t. 115. Fèdia dentata, Sieb. ex Rchb. 
V. auricula, D’Urv. enum. 5. but not of D. C. 
Truncate-calyxed Lamb’s-lettuce. PI. 4 foot. 
§ 3. Platycælæ (from marve, platus, broad, and xo.doc, 
koilos, a hollow; in reference to the broad, hollow, sterile cells of 
the fruit), D. C., prod. 4. p. 627. Fruit 3-celled, furrowed in 
front; fertile cell not cellularly gibbose on the back, and the two 
sterile cells broader than the diameter of the fertile one, or nearly 
equal to it; the transverse section nearly orbicular. 
* Limb of calyx entire or toothed, erect; teeth not hooked at 
the apex. 
15 V. auricuta (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 492. coll. mem. t. 3. 
f. 6.) fruit ovate, glabrous; limb of calyx obliquely truncate, 
almost quite entire, acutely auricle-formed ; the 2 sterile cells of 
the fruit broader than the fertile one ; bracteas spreading, linear, 
glabrous; flowers disposed in dichotomous corymbs, rather 
loose ; leaves oblong, quite entire, or toothed at the base. ©. 
H. . Native of Europe, in fields, especially in the south. Fédia 
auriculata, Gaud. fl. helv. 1. p. 84. t.4. Rchb. pl. crit. t. 63. 
Fèdia olitòria, Gærtn. fr. 2. p. 86. Flowers pink. This spe- 
cies is often confused with V. dentàta, and numerous others. 
There is a variety of it with pinnatifid leaves and villous fruit, 
according to Rchb. 
Var. B, laxiflora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 626.) dwarf; leaves 
obovate-oblong. ©. H. V. laxiflora, Dufr. val. p. 58. t. 3. 
Fédia laxifidra, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 360. Flowers 
ink. 
; Auricled-calyxed Lamb’s-lettuce. Fl. May, June. Clt. 182+. 
PI. 3 foot. 
16 V. penra‘ra (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3331.) fruit ovate, glabrous, 
smoothish, chinky in front; limb of calyx obliquely truncate, 
auricle-formed, tridentate; the 2 sterile cells of the fruit broader 
than the fertile one; bracteas spreading, linear-lanceolate, gla- 
brous, hardly ciliated ; flowers dichotomously corymbose, rather 
loose; leaves oblong-linear, quite entire. ©. H. Native of 
Europe, in woods; and of Caucasus, near Baku, in corn-fields. 
Dufr. val. p. 57. t. 3. no. 5. Feédia dentata, Vahl, enum. 2. p. 
20. exclusive of the syn. of Moris. Valeriana dentata, Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 183.? V. rimosa, Bast, journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 20. 
Val. olitéria, Sturm, deutsch. fl. with a figure. Flowers blue. 
This is an intermediate plant between V. auricula and V. pùmila, 
and probably not distinct from the former. 
Toothed-calyxed Lamb’s-lettuce. PI. 3 foot. 
17 V. pu'mira (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3335.) fruit nearly globose, 
inflated, glabrous, engraven in front, retuse at the apex ; limb 
of calyx tridentate, short, unequal; the 2 sterile cells of the 
fruit broader than the fertile one; bracteas spreading, lanceo- 
late, with membranous villously-ciliated margins; flowers co- 
rymbose ; leaves oblong-linear, deeply toothed at the base. ©. 
H. Native of the south of Europe and Tauria, in cultivated 
sandy fields; and of Caucasus, near Baku, in fields and on hills. 
Valeriana pumila, Willd. spec. 1. p. 184. Fèdia pimila, Vahl, 
enum, 2. p. 21. Rchb. pl. crit. 2. t. 113. V. membranacea, 
V. tridentata, Link. enum. 1. p. 63. Fèdia 
Lois. not. p. 130. 
tridentata, Stev. mem. soc. mosc. 2. p. 173. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 
There is a va- 
p. 29. Rchb. pl. crit. 1. t. 64. Flowers pink, 
riety of this, having the leaves somewhat pinnatifid. 
Var. B, lasiocérpa (Roem, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 366.) fruit 
villous. ©. H. Native of Tauria and Caucasus. Feédia lasio- 
carpa, Stev, mem. soc. mose. 5. p. 59. 
