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VALERIANACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



Valerianella chenopodifolia (Pursh) DC. 



(Fig. 3476.) 



Goose-foot Corn Salad. 



Fedia chenopodifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 727. 



1814. 

 Valerianella chenopodifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 629. 



1830. 

 Fedia Fagopyrtim T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 51. 



1841. 



Glabrous, I °-2° high. Leaves entire, or the 

 basal and lower ones repand, spatulate, ob- 

 tuse; upper stem leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, i'-3' long; cymes dense, 6"-S" broad, 

 at length slcuder-peduncled; bracts lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate; corolla white, 

 about \" long; fruit triangular-pyramidal, 

 2" long, \" thick, glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent, the two empty cavities narrower 

 than the fertile one but about as deep. 



In moist soil, western New York to Virginia, 

 west to Wisconsin and Kentucky. May-July. 



3. Valerianella radiata (L.) Dufr. 

 Beaked Corn Salad. (Fig. 3477.) 



Valeriana Lociisia var. radiata L- Sp. PI. 34. 1753. 

 Fedia radiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, i: 118. 1803. 

 Valerianella radiata Dufr. Hist, Val. 57. 1811. 



Glabrous, or minutely pubescent below, 6'- 

 iS' high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate, 

 obtuse, entire, the upper lanceolate, usually 

 dentate; cymes ^"-i>" broad, dense; bracts 

 small, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; corolla 

 ■white,!" long; fruit narrowly ovate-tetragonal, 

 finely pubescent or sometimes glabrous, 1" long, 

 Yz" thick, the empty cavities as thick as or 

 thicker than the beaked fertile one and separa- 

 ted from each other by a broad shallow groove. 



In moist soil, New York to Florida, west to 

 Michigan, Missouri and Texas. Called also Lamb's 

 Lettuce. May-July. 



4. Valerianella stenocarpa 



(Engelm. ) Krok. Narrow-celled 

 Corn Salad., (Fig. 3478.) 



Fedia stenocarpa Eugelm. Bost. Journ. 

 Nat. Hist. 6: 216, 1S57. 



Valerianella stenocarpa Krok, Kongl. 

 Svtnsk, Akad, Handl. 5: 64. 1S66. 



Similar to the preceding species and 

 perhaps better regarded as a variety ol 

 it. Fruit oblong-tetragonal, slightly 

 smaller, glabrous or sometimes pubes- 

 cent; sterile cavities not as thick as 

 the oblong seed-bearing one, and 

 separated from each other by a narrow- 

 groove. 



Kansas and Missouri to Texas. 

 June. 



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