318 THE VALERIAN FAMILY. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Great Lilac Valerian — [Valeriana officinalis.) 

 On moist ditch-banks, by rivers, and in swampy places in woods, 



common. Fl. July. 



Curtis, ii. 307; E. B. x. 098. 



2. Small Rose Valerian — ( Valeriana dioica.) 



Marshy and swampy places, but not very general. Cotterill ; Hale 

 Moss ; abundant by Rostherne Mere, on Knutsford Moor, and in 

 Bui-ley-Hurst Wood, Mobberley ; foot of Mere Clough ; valleys of the 

 Medlock and the Tame. Fl. May, June. 



Curtis, ii. 220 ; E. B. ix. 628. 



Both these plants are remarkable, like the Montia, for their three stamens to a 

 five -parted corolla. 



3. Common Corn-salad — [Fedia oUtoria.) 



Dry hedgebanks and by waysides, not uncommon. Abundant in 

 the lane behind Hough-End Hall. Fl. May, June. Annual. 

 Curtis, ii. 296 ; E. B. xii. 811 (both as Valeriana Locusta). 



4. Keeled Corn-salad — [Fedia carindta.) 



In the garden of the cottage occupied by the widow of the late 

 John Horsefield, at Besses-o'th'-Barn, where it comes up every year. 

 < J. P.) Also found at Bowdon. Fl. May, June. Annual. 

 E. B., Supp. ii. 2810; Baxter, vi. 4.'V2. 



5. Narrow-fruited Corn-salad — [Fedia dentdta.) 



Coi-nfields, not infrequent. Bowdon. Fl. June. Annual. 

 E. B. XX. 1370 (as Valeriana dentata). 



In gardens there are the great crimson valerian, or Gentranthus ruber. (E. B. xx. 

 1531.) with broadly lanceolate, entire leaves, and beautiful corymbs of small 

 crimson blossoms, each with a Ion;:; spur, and a solitary stamen ; the iicart-leaved, 

 or Valeriana Pyrenaica, (K. B. xxiii. ITjOl.) with cordate and serrate leaves, and 

 pale rose-coloured llowers ; and the very curious little Fedia cornucopia;, so named 

 from the great distension of the up])er part of tlie stem, and the compact character 

 of the inflorescence, which seems as ifflowin;? out of a "horn of plenty." 



