64 TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Valeriana. 



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On the walls belonging to Chelsea Hospital, shewn to Mr« 

 Caley by Mr. Dickson* 



(2) Flowers with 3 stamens. 

 dioi'ca. V. Stameniferous and pistilliferous flowers 



June 





on 



plants: leaves winged, leafits very entire: (somewhat 

 serratedi) Stameniferous plants j with imperfect 

 pistils. 



E. hot. 62S.-Curt. 278-Knifb. t\*X!v* 2. 3. V. mlnor-Fl. 

 dan. 6S7* \-Waky-Black<w. \%\~Trag. 62-Math. 41- 



Ger. 917- 3. 

 Pistilliferous plants with imperfect stamens* 



Curt. 2? 8*-Mrv* 2. 2. for. exig.-FL dan. 687. 2-Clus. ii. 

 55. Z-Dod. 350. \-Lob. obs. i\\. Z~Ger. m. 1075. 3~ 



umb. 10. d. e. 



7- 



Mor 





All the leaves and leafits more or less serrated. Rooulea<ves 

 egg-shaped. Stem-leaves winged, or wing-cleft ; the terminating 

 leafit like the root-leaves. The male flowers have sometimes a 

 short minute pistil, at others no appearance of any. Fem. flowers 

 have the summit 3-cleft, and have either no stamens, or else im- 

 perfect rudiments only. The bloss. in thefe are smaller than in 

 the other ; in both they have a tinge of red. In Portugal I have 

 observed female flowers producing perfect seeds, on the same 

 plant with the male flowers ; the stamens in the latter varying 

 from 1 to -1, though in general there is only 1 stamen in each 

 flower. 



Small Valerian. Moist meadows, not uncommon. — [Garlic 

 Meadows, Erdington, Warwicksh.] P # May, June. 



officinalis. V. Leaves all wing 



Wi 



jigure—Mi 



2~Lob. obs. 



411. 2-Ger. em. 1075. 2-Ger 917* 2-Co/. phytob. 26- 

 H. ox. vii; 14. 2-Riv. 1~FI. dan. 570~Fuct>. 857- 



Trag. 6l. 



Upper floral-leaves spear-shaped. Bloss. pink. 



Great Wild Valerian. Hedges, woods, and marshes ; com- 

 mon.— [Plentiful in the Garlic Meadows near Penn's Mill, Er- 

 dington, Warwicksh.] , P. June.* 



* It is the latter variety which is in so much repute as a medicine. 

 The root has a strong, and not an agreeable smell ; its taste is warm, bit- 

 terish, and subacr'ul ; it communicates its properties to wine, water, or 



spirit 1 but it is best in substance, and may be taken from half a dram to 



two 



