'jS Rubiaceae — Valerianaeeae. 



Asper'ula cynan'chica (37). Squinancy-wort. 6 — 7. Leaves 4 in a whorl 

 (707) linear. [M. Tb. Wl. C. CI. 



Ru'bia peregri'na (23). Madder. 6 — 8. Stem i — 2 ft., leaves 4— 6 in a 

 (691) whorl oblong, with recurved prickles on angles of stem midrib and 

 margins of leaves, flowers small yellowish in cymes or panicles, corolla 

 campanulale 5-lobed, fruit a black globose berry. [T. CI. 



ORDER 38. — Valerianaeeae. 



Calyx superior, limb membranous or pappose. Corolla gamosepalous 

 tubular 3 — 6-lobed epigynous. Stamens i — 5 epipetaloas. Pistil syncarpous 

 of 3 carpels. Style i filiform. Stigmas i — 3. 



Calyx -limb pappose, 328 



Calyx -limb toothed, Valerianella III. 



328 Corolla-tube spurred, ....... Centranthus I. 



328 Spur absent, Valeriana II. 



l.—CENT£ANTJI[/S. 



CENTRAN'THUS RU'BER. Red Valerian. 6—9. Stem 1—2 ft. bushy, 



(713) leaves ovate lanceolate, flowers red in a dense terminal cyme, corolla 



tube compressed elongate, spurred at the base, stamen i. [T. W. C. CI. 



ll.— VALE/^/ANA. 



Corolla 5-cleft, stamens 3, fruit crowned with a feathery pappus. 



VALERIA'NA OFFICINA'LIS (iii). Great Wild Valerian. 6—8. 

 (711) Stem 2 — 4 ft. high, leaves all pinnate, leaflets lanceolate, flowers flesh- 

 coloured. Moist woods. 



VALERIA'NA DIOI'CA (69). Small Marsh Valerian, 5—6. Dice- 

 (710) cious, stem leaves pinnatifid, radical leaves ovate, flowers rose-coloured. 

 Wet meadows and bogs. 



IIL— VALERIANELLA. 



Corolla regular 5-lobed, stamens 3, fruit membranous 2 — 3-celled 

 I -seeded. 



VALERIANEL'LA OLITO'RIA (95). Lamb's Lettuce. 4—6. Cymes 

 (715) dense capitate, flowers blue, calyx-limb obsolete. Cornfields and hedge- ^ 



banks, 



VALERIANEL'LA DENTA'TA (79). 6—8. Cymes lax, flowers 

 (719) flesh-coloured, calyx-limb oblique. Cornfields. 



