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In woods. Nilgiris : Lovedale, Coonoor. Pulneys : on the 

 edge of the plateau, not common. Flowers June to September. 

 Fyson 2104, 1501. Bourne 511, 996, ** 999. 



Geti. Dist. Mountains of India, Himalayas from Kashmir to Khasia, 

 South India, Java (V. javanica Bl.). 



Some Nilgiri plants have pubescent leaves and occasionally more leaflets, 

 but I am unable to distinguish them as a variety (cp. F.B.I.), for in other 

 respects they appear to be exactly Wallich's type. 



Valeriana hookcriana Wight and Aniott ; F.B.I. iii 214, 



III II. Stem pubescent, bearded at the nodes. All lower 



leaves pinnate, lowest long-stalked : leaflets seven or 



more ; end leaflet ovate or obovate, sinuate or coarsely 



and bluntly toothed, Yz to 2 inches ; lateral leaflets 



lanceolate, J^ to I inch, of the lowest leaves toothed, 



of the upper entire and narrower (oblong to linear). 



Corymbs in fruit lax, 3 to 4 inches across. Fruit ridged 



and hairy, b. ovary, t. 145. Wight 111. t. 129. 



Pulneys : on the downs, flowers March to July, very abund- 

 ant. Not elsewhere. Fyson 347, 1831. Bour?ie 78, 787, 997. 



Ver>' close to V. moonii Am., of Ceylon, which however has fewer and 

 much larger leaflets. I have only two plants, both with distinctly more 

 hairy stem and narrower leaflets than Wight's Pulney specimens approach- 

 ing in the latter respect V. beddomei, which may be a glabrous form of 

 this species. 



Valeriana leschcnaultii Z)C., i'^;- brunoniana ; F-B.L 



iii 214, III 12. Stem glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 



simple or with perhaps one or two degenerate leaflets or 



lobes at the base of the blade or on the 2 to 6 inches 



leaf-stalk : blade lanceolate, to ovate or cordate, or in 



the upper parts oblanceolate, entire or nearly so. Fruit 



glabrous, t. 146. Wight Ic. 1043. 



Nilgiris : on the downs, Ootacamund to Pykara and 

 Coonoor ; flowers June to September only here. Fyson 667. 

 Bourne 2684, 4604, 5200. I am told that in some situations 

 the leaves are large, *' like an Arum " and fleshy. 



Valeriana beddomei C. B. Clarke ; F.BJ. ii 214, III 

 13. Lowest leaves pinnate. Leaflets numerous oblong, 



