VALERIANELLA. Moench. 
Calya with an imperfect toothed limb. Corolla spurless. Stamens 3. 
L. V. olitoria Meench.—(Lamp’s Lertuce.) 
it globose, smooth, compressed, oblique, with scarcely any limb ; leaves 
linear-oblong, nearly entire ; stem with rough angles. 
Habitat, Cornfields and gardens, 
. Insipid. 
Uses. Occasionally grown as a small salad. 
Natural Order, Campasites ; Composite (V. K., p. 702.) 
Prevailing Quality. Bitter, and tonic. 
* CORYMBIFEROUS COMPOSITES. 
s Arnica. Linneus. 
Pappus hairy. Florets of the ray 2, of the disk ¢. Stigmas clavate, 
terminated by a hairy cone. Bracts forming a cylindrical involucre. 
_ Receptacle naked. Achenia wingless, striated. 
L. A. montana Linneus.—(Movuntain ToBacco.) 
Radical leaves obovate, 5-nerved ; stem few-flowered ; bracts glandular. 
Habitat, Alpine meadows. 
ity. Acrid, nauseous, emetic, causes constipation. : 
pace. oo ote fevers ; amaurosis, paralysis, dropsy, chlorosis, amenorrhea, dysen- 
9 &C. 
Evupatorium. Linneus. 
Pappus hairy. Florets all tubular, ¢.  Stigmas clavate. Bracts 
_imbrieate, oblong. Receptacle naked. 
. E. cannabinum Linneeus. iddl 
Leaves stalked, 3-5-parted, with lanceolate-serrated segments, the middle 
i of which is longest. 
Common by the side of ponds and ditches. 
Root bitter, aromatic, pungent. 
Root purgative ; not now employed. 
E. glutinosum Lamarck. 
Branches smooth, glutinous ; leaves stalked, cordate, emeige 
acuminate, serrated, extremely wrinkled, smooth on the upper side, 
downy on the lower. 
Hal bitat - Peru, a F 
" ality and Uses. Said to be the true Matico : but this is questioned. See Pirer. 
Inuta. Linneeus. 
8 pilose, uniform, in one row. Florets of the ray 2; of the disk 3 
oe naked. ) 
Heleniwm Linneus.—(ELECAMPANE. oucli aciaags 2 
ves unequally dentato-serrate, downy beneath, those of the stem cord 
_ Ovate, acuminate, amplexicaul. er a ee 
fabitat, Europe, in damp meadows. Sa ee 
ality. An aromatic tonic. Diaphoretie, diuretic, expectorant, emetic. 
se Mt Somehe, Gyepepaiy, connie ee 
Q 
- Anthers with 2 bristles. Bracts imbricated, in many rows. Reo : ee 
