wt erLeanaceas. 1an Family. 
Yerbs with opposite simple or compound leaves. iowers perfect or 
Vinisemal, borne .in either open or dense cymose inflorescences. Proper 
calyx wanting, the tube wholly adnate to the ovary, the ovary hence appear- 
ing naked, the calyx lobes wholly wanting or represented by plumose bristles 
which are inrolled in flower and inconspicuous, but unrolled in fruit, form- 
ing a feathery crown to the achene. Corolla more or less irregular, somewhat 
two-lipped, the tube funnelform, bearing a saccate protuberance or spur at 
the base on one side. Stamens 1-3. Ovary wholly inferior ,appearing l-cham- 
bered, the lateral chambers Suppressed aor forming two wings which curve and 
meet on one side,forming a cavity. Fruit t-seeded, indehiscent. 
? Anmals with Simple leaves; calyx lobes wanting |, Plectritis 
? Perennials with canpound leaves 3 calyx lobes 
4 represented in fruit by plumose bristles 
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2, Valeriana 
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