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VALANTIA TAURICA. FRAGRANT VALANTIA.. 
Class and i : 
PoLyGAamIA (i fea. 
Generic | Character. 
Hermapurop. Cal.o. Cor. 4-partita. Stam. 4. Stylus 
bifidus. Sem. 1]. : 
) Masc. Cal. 0. Cor. 3- s. 4-partita. Stam. 3. vel 4. 
_ Pistillum obsoletum. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Vatantia taurica ; pedunculis multifloris folio brevioribus 
diphyllis pilosis, foliis quaternis obovato-oblongis 
reticulato-venosis hirtis margine carinaque hispido- 
ciliatis, caulibus decumbentibus ramosissimis hispidis, 
fructibus glabris. Bieb. Fl. Taur-Cauc. 2. p. 437. 
et 3. p. 640. en ~ ae is 
Vatantia taurica ; foliis quaternis hispidis ellipticis reticu- 
latis, pedunculis ramosis ciliatis bracteatis deflexis, — 
bracteis oblongis, fructibus hispidis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
A. p- 951. 3 ff: 
Gauium tauricum. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 250. 
Rusia minor hispanica. Munt. Phyt. p. 339, cum. Icone ? 
repre 
Fe We were informed by our friend Dr. Fiscuer, when he 
~ was in this country, that this plant is held in much estima- 
tion in the Crimea, on account of the fragrance of its 
flowers. We had no opportunity of ascertaining what 
_ Was the case in this re t in its cultivated state. 
Our drawing was taken in the Chelsea Garden in May, 
1820, where it was raised from seeds sent by Dr. Fiscuzr. — 
Native of the dry chalky hills in Tauria. With us may — 
_ be considered as a hardy perennial. . 
