188 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
itis the size of LZ. minor, but the under part very much 
more convex; white, pellucid, and beautifully cellular. 
Dianpria. MonoeGynia. 
CoOROLLIFLORZ. VALERIANACES. 
VALERIANA. (VaLzERiaAN.) 
Generic Character. Flower superior, that is not enclosing the 
fruit or seed-vessel. Calyx a thickened margin at the top of 
the germen, afterwards becoming a feathery wing. Corolla, 
formed of one piece divided into five, and spurred or not at the 
base. 
VALERIANA RUBRA. Sted Valerian. This handsome 
flower is thought not to be a native, but to have naturalized 
itself from gardens. Its native country is the south of 
Europe. It grows m Kent, apparently wild, in chalk pits 
and old walls, and on the cliffs in the Isle of Thanet, also 
in the Isle of Wight. It is a foot or more high, with 
smooth, opposite, slightly toothed leaves. Flowers very 
small, of a fine deep rose colour, in a thick head, the corolla 
having a long narrow spur. 
VatERIaAna pioica. Small Marsh Valerian. Six or 
