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The following observations refer to several plants of the tribe of Falerianeæ noticed by my most revered friend 
Professor DeCandolle in the 4th volume of the invaluable work which he is publishing. 
Valeriana repens, Decand. Prodr. Syst. Nat. Regn. Veg. vol. 4. p. 640. Wall. Cat. n. 434. 
Habitat in alpibus versus Gossain Than, florens Julio. 
CAULES sæpð plures, pedales 2-pedalesque, graciles, lineati, subsimplices, inferiore parte repentes, radiculis fasciculato-fibrosis fasciculatis, 
graveolentibus, e basi sæpð emittentes ramos luxuriantes, cauliformes, gracillimos, apice foliosos ; uti cæteræ partes pube conspersi tenui, 
canescente. Four inferiora simplicia, latè ovato-cordata, acuminata, obtuse et vald? inæqualitér sinuato-dentata, 3-pollicaria, lobis basis 
latis, rotundatis, integrioribus, longiðs breviüsve petiolata, tenuia, utrinqué pubescentia, parc? ciliata, subtüs grossiusculé nervoso-venosa 
et reticulata, venis extimis subglanduloso-incrassatis dentes obtusè terminantibus, basi obsoletè 5—7-nervia; superiora ternata, breve 
petiolata: foliolum intermedium ovatum, caudato-acuminatum, sinuato-dentatum, basi rotundatum vel cordatum, magnitudine varians, 
aliquando inferiora folia forma æquans; lateralia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, inæquilatera, intermedio pluriés minora, integrioraque, 
seepê pollicaria ; summa subsessilia, ternata, ferð linearia. PErroLr pubescentes, canaliculati, graciles, inferiores 2—3-pollicares, superiores 
sensim breviores. Panrcura terminalis, corymbosa, super foliorum par supremum elevata, ovalis, pubescens, pedunculis oppositis, bifidis, 
decussantibus, 3-pollicaribus, bracteas foliaceas, lineares patentes, elongatas æquantibus. FLoRrEs parvi, albi, roseo tincti, fasciculati, 
(solitarii in bifurcationibus pedunculorum,) hermaphroditi, insidentes pedicellis capillaceis, basi suffulti bracteolis linearibus, ciliatis, sub- 
involucriformibus. 
Valeriana Wallichii, Decand. loc. cit. V. villosa, Wall. Cat. n. 431. 
Habitat ad agrorum margines et in fissuris rupium ad Thoka Napaliæ, florens Martio. In montibus valli Deyræ confinibus, 1825. Ad 
Srinaghur (Kamrup). In montibus Sillet (Gulielmus Gomez). 
Nomen (omnium specierum) in Napalia, Chamaha. 
Raprx eylindrica, 2-pollicaris, usqué ad digitum minimum crassa, valdé fætida, emittens fibras plurimas carnosas, crassas, longas, 
rufescentes. CauLEs spits 3—5 ex eadem radice, erecti, graciles, levissimè angulosi, simplicissimi, villosuli, pedales, superné nudi et 
(tota planta uti interdìm) purpurei. Forra subcarnosa, pube brevi mollia, pallida, aliquando purpurascentia, subtüs nervoso-reticulata ; 
radicalia plura terree laxé incumbentia, cum infimis caulis longè petiolata, ovato-cordata, obtusa, obtusè sinuato-dentata, nunc tantòm 
crenulata, lobis basis obtusis, rotundatis ; caulina paribus paucis, remotissimis opposita, ternatim secta, subsessilia ; foliolum intermedium 
lanceolatum, denticulatum, 3-pollicare, /ateralia minima, cuneiformi-lanceolata ; par unum alterumve supremum indivisum vel trisectum, 
lineare. Perou carnosi, sulcati, villosi, inferiores foliis tripló quadruplò longiores, superiores iisdem breviores. Corym»us terminalis, 
apice caulis elongati gracili longè pedunculatus, fastigiatus, densiflorus, diametro 2—3-pollicari, trichotomus, ramificationibus puberulis 
bis terve dichotomis, purpurascentibus, inferioribus ferð pollicaribus. Bracreæ opposite, lineares, unguiculares, villosæ, basi sub- 
connate. Frores parvi, inodori, ex albo erubescentes, ternati cum solitario in bifurcatione; pedicelli instructi bracteolis longis, alter- 
nantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, florem longitudine æquantibus, involucrum ferð mentientibus. ^ Comoruz tubus simplex et ecalcaratus, 
brevis, ampliatus in /imbum 5-fidum, subzequalem. STAMINA 3; antheræ albæ. Ovarrum complanatum, striatum, villosulum. SEMINA 
papposa. 
Nardostachys grandiflora, Decand. loc. cit. p. 624. Fedia grandiflora, Wall. MSS. Valeriana Jatamansi, Ejusd. Cat. n. 431. Lamb. 
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Incolit alpes Himalayæ ad Gossain Than. Kamoun (Robertus Blinkworth). Srinaghur (Kamrup). 
Raprx cylindrica, crassitie penne: anserinæ, fibras emittens longas et filiformes; collum elongatur et ampliatur in basin plantæ nunc 
duplicem triplicemve, cylindrico-oblongam, erectam, 3—5—7-pollicarem, digitum minimum crassam, carnosam, laxé indutam stratis 
aliquot contiguis tele fibroso-reticulatæ, pallidè ferrugineæ, aridæ, demüm obliteratæ. Caunrs erectus, indivisus, palmaris, pedalis, 
vel 14-pollicaris, cylindricus, crassiusculus, levitér lineatus, salvo apice obsoleté quadrangulari sulcisque duobus oppositis cano-villosulis 
glaber, pallidus, paucifolius, supernè nudus. Forra radicalia 4—6 erecta, oblongo-spathulata, vel oblongo-lanceolata, magnitudine 
varia, palmaria, 8—10- quin 12-pollicaria, caule breviora, acuta, nunc attenuato-subacuminata, integerrima, deorsòm valdé attenuata in 
petiolum planum, marginatum, striatum, basi dilatatum, cum reliquis imbricantibus et quasi vaginantibus caulem referentibus ; membra- 
nacea, pallida, glabra, subtüs nervis gracilibus parallelis, insertione distantibus, apicem versus 5—7-nervia, venis tenuissimis, reticulatis. 
Four caulina paribus duobus remotis, nunc modô unico opposita, erecto-patula, basi marginibusque pubescentia, cuneato-lanceolata, 
3—4-pollicaria, sessilia, basi breviter vaginantia; superiora breviora et latiora, interdüm ovata, vagina brevissimá vel nullå; aliquandó 
tertium adest par 2 minimum e cujus basi decurrunt sulci caulis villosi. ConyMBus terminalis, erectus, ovato-oblongus, 3—6-polli- 
caris; pedunculi paribus 2 vel 3 oppositi, quadrangulares, feré 4-alati, villosi, 1—2—3-pollicares, graciles, elongatione inflorescentiæ 
remotiusculi, apice simplici, nunc bifido gerentes fasciculum parvum, globularem, involucratum florum magnorum, dilutè roseorum, 
sessilium, inodorum. BracteÆ magne, unguiculares, ovate, acutæ, membranaceæ, albicantes, nervis parallelis viridibus capillaceis, 
extüs basique villosulæ; 2 infra fasciculum majores, involucriformes; et 2 vel 3 infra singulum florem istis angustiores et breviores, 
oblongæ. CaLyx divisus in lacinias 5 ovatas, acutas, ciliatas, venulosas, villosulas, patentes. Conorra infundibuliformis, levis, 3-pollicaris ; 
tubus calyce multd longior, levitér compressus, basi hinc protrusus in processum parvulum obsoletumque, brevissimum, calcariformem, 
superné sensim ampliatus in limbum patentem, ferð dimidid breviorem, 5-fidum ; lobi ovato-rotundati, subaequales ; faux pervia et 
nuda. FILAMENTA 4 capillaria, villosa, exserta, longitudine limbum vix superantia; anthere magne, ovate, glabræ, basi bilobæ. 
Ovarrum compressum, ovatum, villosum, lineas 2 longum, sessile, 1-loculare, continens ovulum pendulum ; stylus filiformis pubescens, vix 
stamina æquans; stigma obtusum. 
This noble species is very like the celebrated Spikenard, Valeriana Jatamansi of Sir W. Jones, now formed into a new genus by Pro- 
fessor Decandolle, and called by him Nardostachys. lt differs however in the size as well as the structure of its flowers, and in the shape 
of its leaves. The root resembles that of the Indian Spikenard ; but it is much larger, and its smell is far more agreeable. 
