186 VALERIANACEiE. 



VALERIANACE^. 



CENTRANTHUS, DC. 



364. C. ruber, DC. Red Valerian. 



Alien ; but now established in many places on walls and in rocky 

 or stony places about villages and houses. Rather common. 

 May to October, 

 c. I. Bank near a house at Trewandra, 1874. 



II. Near Millbrook, by the road to St. Johns. Wilcove, on both a 

 wall and slaty bank. Wall by a garden, Carkeel, near Botus 

 Fleming. 

 D. III. Very plentiful in the neighbourhood of Devonport and Plymouth; 

 Jacob, Fl. part 15. Rocks at Longroom Point, and elsewhere 

 at Plymouth; W. A. Bromfield, MSS.; N. Bot. Guide, ii. 

 551. Wall, Townsend Hill, 1880. 

 IV. On walls at Compton ; Keys, FL iii. 53. Wall, Tothill. Abun- 

 dant on limestone rubble from the Turnchapel Quarries ; also 

 at Pomphlet. 

 V. Wall, Spriddlestone. Yealmpton village, in plenty. 

 VI. Caton ! ; Keys, ih. Kingston, on a wall in the village. Mothe- 



combe, on walls near the old Manor House. 

 First record : Jacob, 1836. 



VALERIANA, L. 



365. V. officinalis, L., inclusive of b. sambucifolia, M. 



Native ; in damp spots, woods, and on moist bushy banks. Com- 

 mon. June, July, and sometimes later. 

 c. I. Between Hessenford and Caracawn Cross. Between Heskyn 

 jMill and Cutmere Bridge. Latchbrook, &c., St. Stephens. 

 II. Botus Fleming. Between St. Mellion and Halton Quay. Cotehele. 

 D. III. Neighbourhood of Denham Bridge. Beer Ferrers. With pure 

 white fioAvers, as well as with the ordinary tinted ones, between 

 Weston Mills and Honicknowle. 

 IV. Saltram ; Bickleigh ; Keys, Fl. iii. 54. Plym Valley. 

 V. Yealm Bridge. Plymouth and Ivybridge Road. Cornwood. 

 VI. Between Ermmgton and Ugborough. On the moor near Harford 



Bridge. 

 I have failed to distinguish V. Mikanii from V. sambucifolia. 



VALERIAN ELLA, Tournef. 



366. V. olitoria, JfoewcA. Common Lambi Lettuce. 



Native ; on earthy banks and walls, and as a weed in arable 

 land. Very common. April, May, and sometimes much later. 

 Area general. 



