290 VALERIANE.E. [Pairinia. 



7. G. tnjlorum; caule procumbente tetragono hispido aut glabriusculo, foliis senis 

 oblongis cuspidatis glabellis margine et secus nervos scabridis uninerviisj pedunculis axillari- 

 bus et terminal! bus, verticillis longioribus trifloris, floribus pedicellatis, fructibus setis apice 

 uncinatis hispidis. DC, — Mich, Am, v. \, p. 80. Pursh, Fl, Am, v, \, p, 104. Elliott^ CaroL 

 V, l.p, 197. Torrey, 17, ofUn, St v. 1. p, 167. BigeL Fl, Bost, ed. 2, p, 56. De Cand. 

 Prodr. V, 4. p, 602. — G. cuspidatum. MuhL Cat, — G. suaveolens. WahL 



Hab. From Canada, (Lake Huron, Dr. Todd; Quebec, Mrs, Percival, Mrs, SAeppard,) to the Rocky 

 Mountains, and as far north as lat. 55°. Dr. Richardson^ Drummond. West side of the Rocky Mountains 

 to the Pacific, DouglaSf Dr. Scouler. XJnalaschka. Chamisso. 



8. G. micrantlmm ; caulibus ramosissimis divaricatis retrorsum aculeatis, foliis brevibus 

 lanceolatis mucronatis glabris, mai'gine carinaque aculeatis, ramulis floriferis divaricato- 

 ramulosis, pedicellis subbifloris, fructibus hispidis, Pursk^ Fl. Am, v. l.p, 103, Torrej/, Fl. 

 of Un. St, V. I. p. 167. Me Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p, 602. 



Har. Canada, Pursh, who says it very much resembles G. uliginomm, 



9. G, Aparine; caule debili ramoso retrorsum aculeato-aspero ad nodes villoso, foliis 

 octonis lanceolato-linearibus apiculatis carina et margine retrorsum aculeato-scabris, 

 pedunculis simplicibus bifidisque scabris, fructibus globoso-didymis setis apice uncinatis 

 hispidissimis. DC. — Linn. Sp. PI. p, 157. Fngl, Bot. t, 816. Pursk^ Fl, Am, t\ l.p, 103. 

 BigeL Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p, 57. Torrey, Fl, of Un. St. v, I, p. 166, De Cand. Prodr. v, 4. p. 

 608. — ^, minor ; caulibus vix spithameeis. 



Hab. " Etchmin," Canada. Mrs. Sheppard, North-West coast of America. Cohimbia. Douglas. De 

 Fuca. Dr. Scouler, /3, Abundant on the elevated soils near Fort Vancouver. Douglas. — My var. /3. appears 

 to be the same with that which De Candolle describes, " caule pygmseo, foliis saepius sextoties minoribus," 



Ord. L. VALERIANE-^. DC, 



1, PATRINIA. Juss, 



Cal, limbus truncatus aut erectus brevissimus sub5-dentatus. Cor. regularis ecalcarata 

 obtuse 3-loba, Stam. 4 imjE corolloe tubo adnata lobis alterna, supremo deficiente, rarius 

 5 omnia nempe adstantia. Stigma trigono-capitatum. Capsula S-locuL, calycis limbo 

 corouata basi saepissime bractese paleaeformi adnata, loculo 1 fertili, 2 ssepius crassis. — 

 Herbse />erenn€5. Folia pkraque pinnatiloba, Flores corymhosi aurei {nunc albi?) DC. 



1. P, ceratophylla ; caule glaberrimo, foliis omnibus subcarnosis pubescentibus petiolatis 

 radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis integris vel pinnati-aut bipinnati-partitis lobis divaricatis 

 caulinis profunde pinnatifidis laciniis linearibus, panicula elongata, pedunculis temato-verti- 

 cillatis (floribus albis.) 



Radix fusiformis, crassa. Caulis pedalis ad sesqmpedalem, erectus, glaber, striatus, nitidus, simplex, 

 crassitie pennce anserirue. Folia omnia petiolata (petiolis glabris, nitidis,) crassiuscula, pubescentia, subtus 

 pisecipue ; radicalia digitalia et ultra, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, integra, vel pinnati-aut bipinnatipartita ; lobis 

 divaricatis insequalibus ; petiolis basi valde dilatatis subvaginantibus ; caulina 2 opposita, vel 3-4 verticUlata, 

 basi connata, profunde pinnatifida; laciniis luiearibus, integerrimis. Panicula elongata, erectaj pedunculi 



