( 1887 ) 
PoLemMoniUM REPTANS. Carkrine GREEK- 
VALERIAN. 
Rebbe beast 
“Clase and Order. | 
Pctthinasts Moxedvina. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 5-partita, fundo clauso valvis staminiferis, Stigma 3- 
fidum. Caps. 3- locularis, supera, 
Specific Character and Settee. 
Potemonrum reptans ; foliis pinnatis septenis; floribus ter- 
minalibus nutantibus. Syst. Veg. 172. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 
_p. 886. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. lL. p . 342. Michaux FI. 
Am. Bor. 1. p. 142. Pursh FL Am. Sept. 1. p. 151. 
~ Mill. Ic. 2. t. 209. Mart. Mill. Dict. n. 2. 
‘Poremoxrum: foliis pinnatis, iat reptatricibus. Clayton 
ww Gron. ia 22, 29. 
a ee ae : ial re 
Poxdaiaten reptans, is a riative of North: -America, anti 
was taken by Gronovius, who was the publisher of. Cray- 
oR Hethariun to be the same species as. the com 
_ Greek-Valerian, from which it differs by its creeping roots, 
- its more. diffuse. panicle, the flowers Ps on long Z 
‘peduncles, being somewhat nodding, and by the smaller. 
number of its leaflets. In our specimen, these were of a 
_ wider: oval shape than we have generally seen, | ; 
It is a native of North- —— a, growing on thie’ sides of 
“hills, where the soil is rich, from “Pensylvania to Carolina. 
With us, it is cultivated in the open ground, and is easily 
increased by its creeping roots. Flowers in April, May, @ 
June. Commntinicatet by N. S. Hopson, Esq. of the War- 
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“ERRATUM. 
In No. 1884, for “ we are indebted to Mr. Storner, of Storrer-Park,” 
read “ to Tuomas Stonor, Se of Stonor-Park,” 
