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66 V. poremonoipgs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
332.) plant downy ; stems herbaceous, erect, terete; leaves pin- 
nate: leaflets oblong, on short petioles, quite entire, rather 
fleshy, smoothish above; panicle much branched; genitals in- 
closed. %4. F. Native of the kingdom of Quito, between 
Hambato and Llactacunga. Corolla glabrous, gibbous at the 
base, white. 
Polemonium-like Valerian. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
67 V. pecussa`ra (Ruiz et Pay. fl. per. 1. p. 42. t. 70. f. b.) 
plant herbaceous, downy ; stems erect, striated ; leaves pinnate; 
leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, a little denticulated: the terminal 
one rather the largest ; panicle loose, divaricate, downy ; stamens 
nearly inclosed. X4. F. Native of Peru, among rocks, and in 
hedges. Peduncles decussate. Corolla small, white. 
Decussate-peduncled Valerian. Pl. 3 feet. 
68 V. potysra‘cuya (Smith, icon. ined. 3. t. 51.) plant gla- 
brous, erect; stems a little striated; leaves pinnatifid, with 
linear quite entire acute segments; racemes compound, elon- 
gated, composed of opposite spikes.—Native of Buenos Ayres, 
in moist places, where it was collected by Commerson. Vahl, 
enum. 2. p. 5. Astrèphia polystachya, Dufr. val. p. 51. Oli- 
gacòce polystàchya, Willd. herb. Corolla hardly gibbous at the 
base. 
Many-spiked Valerian, Pl. 2 feet. 
69 V. sorgiròLra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
332.) stems herbaceous, erect, terete, rather pilose below ; leaves 
pinnate; leaflets sessile, ovate-oblong, cuneated at the base, 
coarsely serrated, glabrous; panicle much branched ; stamens 
inclosed ; style exserted. 2%. F. Native of Mexico, on the 
western declivities of mountains between Valladolid and Paz- 
cuaro. Corolla glabrous, gibbous at the base, white. 
Mountain-Ash-leaved Valerian. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
70 V. sancuisorBiroLia (Cay. icon. 5. p. 456.) plant herba- 
ceous, glabrous ; stems prostrate at the base, and erect at the 
apex; leaves pinnate; petioles naked almost to the middle; 
leaflets sessile, ovate, few-toothed, equal; panicle racemose, ob- 
long, rather loose. Y. F. Native of the Cordillera of Chili. 
V. sanguisOrbe, Pers. ench. 1. p- 87. Flowers white. 
Burnet-leaved Valerian. Pl. 1 foot. 
71 V. crav'ca (Poepp. pl. exsic. no. 127.) plant herbaceous, 
erect, glabrous; stems terete, naked at the apex; leaves glau- 
cous; pinnate: leaflets obovate-oblong, toothed, those at the 
base of the petiole small, and those at the top of the leaf larger 
and confluent; branches of panicle opposite, trichotomous ; 
bracteas linear. 2%. F. Native of Chili, where it was collected 
by Poeppig. Allied to V. sanguisorbefolia, but the petioles 
are almost leafy to the base. Leaflets narrowed into the petioles. 
Glaucous Valerian. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
72 V. virca'ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 42. t: 66. f- b.) 
plant suffruticose, almost glabrous; stem much branched, striat- 
ed, rather downy ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets entire or bifid, with 
linear bluntish entire lobes; corymbs panicled, with dichoto- 
mous branches, bearing a sessile flower in each fork ; stamens 
exserted. h.F. Native of Peru, in the province of Canta, 
among broken rocks. Flowers white. 
Twiggy Valerian. Pl. 3 feet. 
73 V. erosirròra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 43. t. 65. f. b.) 
plant herbaceous, humble, hispid on one side; stems striated, 
hardly longer than the leaves, almost naked; leaves pinnate : 
leaflets sinuately toothed ; flowers capitate; bracteas spatulate, 
membranous. 2. F. Native of Peru, on the alps in the pro- 
vinces of Tarma and Canta. Corollas white. 
Globe-flowered Valerian. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
74 V. ryra‘ra (Vahl, enum. 2. p. 4.) plant herbaceous, gla- 
brous; stem bearing 2 leaves; radical leaves lyrate ; leaflets 
oblong, dentately serrated: the terminal one rather pinnatifid : 
VALERIANEZ. 
IX. VALERIANA. 
those of the cauline leaves linear-lanceolate ; peduncles tricho- 
tomous. 2. F. Native of Peru. 
Lyrate-leaved Valerian. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
75 V. INTERRUPTA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 42. t. 67. fia.) 
plant herbaceous, glabrous ; stems many, erect, bearing 2 oppo- 
site bipinnatifid leaves under the corymb, which is trichoto- 
mous ; radical leaves pinnate-parted, and appendiculately tooth- 
ed between the lobes; segments linear or oblong, unequally 
bluntly and coarsely toothed ; stamens exserted. %. F. Na- 
tive of Peru, on the alps in the province of Tarma at Diezmo. 
Astréphia interrúpta, Dufr. val. p. 51. Flowers capitate, ses- 
sile. Bracteas linear. 
Interrupted-leaved Valerian. Pl. 4 foot. 
76 V.cri'spa (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 27. but 
not of Ruiz et Pav.) leaves fleshy: inferior ones laciniately 
pinnatifid, with acutely toothed curled segments ; fructiferous 
panicle coarctate; fruit cordately ovate, plano-convex, broadly 
marginated, with a longitudinal elevated line in front, and 3 
lines on the back; pappus plumose, united by a membrane at 
the base.—Native of Chili, about Conception. V. pterocarpa, 
Hook. et Arn, l. c. 
Curled-leaved Valerian. Pl. 1 to 2 feet? 
77 V. ceratopuy’txa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
333. t. 276.) plant glabrous; stems herbaceous, terete, striated ; 
leaves pinnate; leaflets hastately trifid, sessile, with linear acu- 
minated segments; corymbs dichotomous ; genitals exserted ; 
fruit downy. 2. F. Native of Mexico, in high plains near 
Chapoltepec. Val. dichétoma, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. Icon. 
ined. Corolla downy outside, gibbous at the base, white. 
Horn-leaved Valerian. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
78 V. Totucca'na (D.C. coll, ‘mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 640.) 
plant glabrous, herbaceous, erect ; stem nearly terete; leaves 
pinnate, with 3-4 pairs of membranous repandly toothed leaves, 
with an odd one: those of the upper leaves very narrow; pa- 
nicle loose, elongated ; lateral corymbs dichotomous ; flowers 
sessile in the forks; fruit oblong, downy. Y. F. Native of 
Mexico, in the valley of Tolucco. Very like F. Hardnickit, 
but differs in the stem and leaves being quite smooth, in the 
segments of the leaves being more ovate, in the corymbs being 
dichotomous, and in the fruit being oblong. 
Tolucca Valerian. P1. 4 to 2 feet? 
79 V. Mexicana (D. Č. coll. mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 640.) 
plant herbaceous, glabrous, erect ; stems rather angular ; leaves 
pinnate, with 2 pairs of oblong leaflets, and an odd auc 
the latter is larger and ovate, and usually auricled at Tt 
base, but all are repandly toothed; panicle loose, elongate, 
having the lateral branches elongated and trichotomous ; nee 
mens exserted; fruit ovate, scabrous. %. F. Native 0 
Mexico, about the city, where it was collected by Berlandier. 
Very nearly allied to V. Hardnickii and V. Toluccàna, but 18$ 
distinguished from both by its angular stem. 
Mexican Valerian. Pl. 4 to 2 feet? 
*# Species natives of Asia. 
80 V. Lescuenau'tt1m (D.C. mem. vii. prod. 4. P. 640.) 
radical leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, hairy on per 
surfaces ; stems erect, simple, glabrous between the joints, : 
the joints are pilose; cauline leaves remote, small, sessile : A 
per ones pinnately divided into 3-5 linear glabrous pge F 
terminal lobe the longest; corymbs contracted ; fruit z ret 
Y.F. Native of the East Indies, on the mountains O pie 
gueda, where it was collected by Leschenault. Stem F T 
high. Radical leaves with the petioles, hardly 2 inches long 
Habit of V. dioica. 
Leschenault’s Valerian. Pl. 2 feet. lant is 
81 V. gerens (Wall. cat. no, 434.) the whole plan 
