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VALERIANEZ. V. ASTREPHIA. VI, Fena. VII. Precrrims. 
them obliterated.—Nearly glabrous herbs. Radical leaves 
rhomboid, cut; cauline ones impari-pinnate, with oval-oblong, 
deeply toothed segments. Flowers disposed in panicles or co- 
rymbs, white.—Habit of Valeridna, and the fruit almost of Va- 
lerianélla, but is easily distinguished from both these genera in 
the corolla being gibbosely spurred on one side at the base, and 
in the style being 3-cleft. 
1 A. cnzropnyttolpes (D. C. prod. 4. p. 629.) stem rather 
hairy at the nodi; leaves glabrous: radical ones entire: cau- 
line ones pinnate, with sharply jagged segments; corymbs few- 
flowered ; corolla with a short spur; limb of calyx very short, 
5-toothed. ©. H. Native of Peru, in forests on the hills at 
Lima and Chancay. Val. cherophylloides, Smith, icon. ined. 3. 
t.53. Valeriana laciniata, Ruiz et Pay. fl. per. 1. p. 49. t. 69. 
fa Val. chærophýlla, Pers. ench. 1. p. 37. Astr. laciniata, 
Dufr. l. c. Fédia chærophylloùdes, Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
pP. 334. Boerhaàvia cheerophylloides, Willd. spec. 1. p. 22. 
Herb hardly a hand high. Flowers white. 
Chervil-like Astrephia. Pl. 1 to 4 foot. 
2 A. crispa (Dufr. val. p. 5l.) stem glabrous, as also at the 
nodi; panicle elongated, with dichotomous branches, floriferous 
in the axils of the forks; corolla gibbose at the base; limb of 
calyx sub-campanulate, almost entire. 4%. H. Native of Chili, 
among bushes, and in meadows and corn-fields. Valeriàna 
crispa, Ruiz et Pav. 1. p. 41. Herb 2 feet high. Flowers white. 
Curled Astrephia. PI. 2 feet. ; 
3 A. 1a’xa (Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. p. $64.) plant 
herbaceous, glabrous ; radical leaves ovate-cordate, bluntly 
toothed; cauline leaves lyrately pinnatifid, terminal lobe the 
largest ; panicle loose, divaricate; ultimate pedicels short, 
crowded ; fruit ovate, excavated on one side, 3-ribbed on the 
back, and crowned by an annular ring.—Native of Chili, about 
Conception. Fèdia ]áxa, Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy, pt. bot. 
p. 28. This species approaches near to Fédia paniculata, but 
that plant is pubescent, and has a pappose fruit. 
Loose-flowered Astrephia. PI. 1 foot. 
_* A. topa‘ra (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 364.) leaves 
Pinnate-lobed ; lobes distant, coarsely toothed: terminal lobe 
broadly ovate, lateral ones oblong, much smaller; lower teeth 
looking downwards, upper ones upwards; rachis glabrous ; co- 
tymbs pedunculate, opposite, distant, disposed in a panicle; fruit 
glabrous.—Native of Chili. 
Var, a; stem beset with long hairs. The stem below the last 
Pair of opposite cauline leaves is hairy, above them it is glabrous. 
Var. B; stem glabrous.—Native of Chili, about Valparaiso. 
Lobed-leaved Astrephia. PI. 
Cult. A. cherophylloides should be treated like other tender 
annuals ; the rest should be protected in winter by placing 
them in a frame or green-house. All are only to be increased 
by seeds. 
VI. FEDIA (derived from fedus, an ancient word, synony- 
mous with heedus, a kid). Moench. meth. p. 486. D. C. fl. fr. 4. 
p. 239. Juss. ann. mus. 10. p. 311. Dufr. val. p. 54. D.C. prod. 
4. p. 630. but not of Adanson.—Fédia species, Geertn. et Vahl. 
o olyprèmun species, Adans.—Mitréphora, Neck. elem. 1. 
P. 123. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx short and 
Straight ; lobes 4, subulate, unequal (f. 113. ¢.). Corolla with 
a filiform spurred tube (f. 113. a.), and an unequally 5-lobed 
Subringent limb (f. 113. f.). Stamens 2 (f. 113. h.). Stigma 
bifid (f£. 113. g.) Fruit indehiscent (f. 113. 6.), rather 
Spongy, 3-celled; the 2 sterile cells narrow, and the fertile one 
broader and 1-seeded.—Glabrous annual herbs. Leaves en- 
tire or toothed. Flowers capitately corymbose or cymose, 
Tose-coloured or purple. Bracteas adpressed. 
671 
1 F. Cornucorrz (D. C. fl. 
fr. 4. p. 240.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, toothed: lower ones 
petiolate: upper ones sessile ; 
flowers corymbose, in fascicles ; 
peduncles thickened, fistular. 
©. H. Native of the south of 
Europe, Levant, north of Africa, 
Islands in the Mediterranean 
&c. in corn-fields and waste 
places. Geertn. fruct. 2. p. 36. 
Valeriana cornucdpiz, Lin. spec. 
44, Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 
82. Val. locústa, Ucria, hort. 
pan. p. 46. ex Guss. prod. 1. p. 
24,—Sab. hort. rom. 2. t.17-19. 
—Mor. oxon. sect. 7. t. 16. f. 
27.—Riv. mon. t. 5. Stem purplish. Flowers red. This is a 
very ornamental annual. The fruit is like a cornucopia. 
Cornucopia-fruited Fedia. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1796. 
å foot, straggling. 
2 F. scorpioives (Duf. val. p. 55. t. 1.) leaves ovate, petio- 
late; lower ones quite entire: middle ones irregularly toothed : 
upper ones ovate-lanceolate, hardly pinnatifid ; flowers cymose, 
unilateral and sessile along the two branches of the cyme. ©. 
H. Native of the north of Africa, about Tangiers. Flowers 
purple. 
Scorpion-like-cymed Fedia. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
3 F. panicuta'ra (Colla, app. 3. p. 36.) lower leaves spatu- 
late, nearly entire: middle ones lanceolate, obsoletely toothed : 
upper ones linear-lanceolate, quite entire; stems erect, gla- 
brous; panicles dichotomous. ©. H. Native country un- 
FIG. 113. 
Pi. 
Pl. } foot. 
known. Perhaps a species of Valerianélla. 
Panicled Fedia. PI. 1 foot. 
Cult. The seeds of the species of Fédia only require to be 
sown in the open border in spring, like other hardy annuals. A 
light soil suits them best. 
VII. PLECTRI'TIS (from xAnxrpov, plektron, a cock’s spur; 
in reference to the flower being gibbous in front). D.C. coll. 
mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 631.— Valerianélla sect. Plectritis, Lind). 
bot. reg. no. 1095. 
Lin. syst. Triándria, Monogiynia. Margin of calyx straight, 
quite entire. Tube of corolla furnished with a short spur at the 
base, and gibbous in front ; limb 5-cleft, bilabiate. Stamens 3. 
Capsule cartilaginous, 1-celled, 2-winged; but the capsule may 
be truly said to be 3-celled, the 2 empty or abortive cells 
forming the wings.—A glabrous herb, with a habit between 
Centrénthus and Fèdia, but the flowers are triandrous, and the 
fruit is singularly distinct. Flowers monoecious, rose-coloured, 
crowded, in whorles. Bracteas multifid, with subulate seg- 
ments. 
1 P. conce’sta (D. C. prod. 4. p. 631.) ©. H. Native of 
the north-west coast of America, on the banks of streams and 
moist rocks, along the shore near the mouth of the Columbia, 
where it was collected by Douglas. Valerianélla_ congésta, 
Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1095. 
Var. B, minor (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 291.) leaves narrow. 
©. H. Native along with the species, Valerianélla parviflora, 
Dougl. mss. 
Cronded-flowered Plectritis. FI. July. Clit. 1826. Pl. 3 to 
I foot. 
Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown where 
the plants are intended to remain in the open border. 
