U TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Fedia. 



entire. Fl. numerous, blush-coloured, or white, in large corym- 

 bose panicles. 



This, as a medicinal plant, is but a substitute for the real ^»ou, or 

 Phu, of Dioscorides, V. Dioscoridis. Sm. Fl. GrcEc. Sihth. t. 33, 



' which Dr. Sibthorp ascertained in his Greek tour. 



4. \,pyrenaica. Heart-leaved Valerian. 



Stamens three. Stem-leaves heart-shaped, serrated, stalked; 

 the uppermost pinnate. 



V. pyrenaica. Linn. Sp. PL 46. Willd. v. I. 179. Vahl Enum. 

 V. 1. 11. DonH. Br. 77. Engl. Bot. v. 23. L 1591. Hook. 

 Scot. 15. 



V. canadensis. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 4. 



V. maxima, cacalise folio. Pluk. Phyt. t. 232./. 1. 



In various woods in Scotland, particularly about Edinburgh and 

 Glasgow. G. Don, and T. Brown, M.D. 



Perennial. July. 



Stem 2 or 3 feet high, furrowed. Leaves all variously serrated ,- the 

 lower ones simple j upper accompanied with 1 or 2 pair of small 

 lanceolate leaflets. Footstalks of the uppermost leaves, as well 

 as their ribs and margins, often downy. Fl. light rose-coloured, 

 numerous, with a short spur. The scent of the root, and pro- 

 bably its qualities, agree with the last. 



18. FEDIA. Corn-sallad. 



Fahl Enum. v. 2. 18. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. v. 14. Hook. Scot. 12. 

 G(Ertn. t. 86. 



Valerianella. Tourn. t. 52. 



Valerianae species. Linn. Gen. 22, 



Nat. Ord. see n, 17. 



CaL of 3 or 4 variously-shaped teeth, subsequently enlarged, 

 and crowning the capsule. Co7\ of 1 tubular petal, with 

 a short blunt spur at one side ; limb in 5 obtuse, rather 

 unequal, segments. Filam. 3, sometimes more, borne by 

 the tube, rather shorter than the limb. Anth. roundish. 

 Germ, inferior, of 3 cells, roundish. Style thread-shaped. 

 Stigma notched. Caps, coriaceous or membranous, va- 

 rious in shape, not bursting, crowned with the permanent 

 calyxy usually of 2 abortive cells, and 1 fertile. Seeds 

 solitary, ovate, smooth, with a simple skin. 



Annual herbs, about a span high, with a fibrous root^ forked 

 leafy siem^ and opposite, mostly simple and smooth, leaves. 

 Fl. small, bliieish, purplish, red, or yellow. Fruit very 

 various. 



