GENUS 2. 



VALERIAN FAMILY. 



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2. Valerianella chenopodifolia (Pursh) DC. Goose-foot Corn Salad. Fig. 4001 



Fedia chenopodifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 727. 

 1814. 



V. chenopodifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 629. 1830. 

 Fedia Fagopyrum T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 51. 1841. 



Glabrous, i-2 high. Leaves entire, or the 

 basal and lower ones repand, spatulate, ob- 

 tuse; upper stem leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 l'-3' long; cymes dense, 6"-8" broad, at length 

 slender-peduncled ; bracts lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate; corolla white, about i" long; fruit 

 triangular-pyramidal, 2" long, i" thick, gla- 

 brous or minutely pubescent, the two empty 

 cavities narrower than the fertile one but about 

 as deep. 



In moist soil, western New York to Virginia, 

 Minnesota and Kentucky. May-July. 



3. Valerianella radiata (L.) Dufr. Beaked 

 Corn Salad. Fig. 40x32. 



Valeriana Locusta var. radiata L. Sp. PI. 34. 1753. 

 Fedia radiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 118. 1803. 

 Valerianella radiata Dufr. Hist. Val. 57. 1811. 



Glabrous, or minutely pubescent below, 6'-i8' 

 high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate, obtuse, 

 entire, the upper lanceolate, usually dentate; 

 cymes 4"-6" broad, dense; bracts small, lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate; corolla white, i" long; 

 fruit narrowly ovate-tetragonal, finely pubescent 

 or sometimes glabrous, i" long, i" thick, the 

 empty cavities as thick as or thicker than the 

 beaked fertile one and separated from each other 

 by a broad shallow groove. 



In moist soil, Massachusetts to Florida, west to 

 Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri and Texas. Called 

 also lamb's-lettuce. May-July. 



$. Valerianella stenocarpa ( Engelm. ) 



Krok. Narrow-celled Corn Salad. 



Fig. 4003. 



Fedia stenocarpa Engelm. Bost. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. 6: 216. 1857. 



Valerianella stenocarpa Krok, Kongl. Svensk. 

 Akad. Handl. 5 : 64. 1866. 



Similar to the preceding species and 

 perhaps better regarded as a race of it. 

 Fruit oblong-tetragonal, slightly smaller, 

 glabrous or sometimes pubescent ; sterile 

 cavities not as thick as the oblong seed- 

 bearing one, and separated from each 

 other by a narrow groove. 



Prairies and woodlands, Kansas and Mis- 

 souri to Texas, March-June. 



