floL'ibus et fructil.us siihm; 

 8. Valeriana Martjanovi sp. 



pinnata, socmen t is latendibus -2, rarius 4, terminali minoribus, 

 ovatis vol oblongis, basi attenuatis. distant Puis; segmento 

 terminali ovato iiciitiusculo vol rotundato, evidenter petiolulato 

 (1—2 cm. longo). Folia infima interdum simplicia, rotundata; 

 suprema minora, lobis angustioribus. Flores sub anthesi in 

 corymbum confertum dispositi, post antliesin— paniculam laxam 

 ramosam formantes, rami oppositi, ex axillis foiiorum saepe 

 inflmorum oriundi. Bracteae lanceolato-lineares, obtusiusculae 

 (3—4 mm. long.). Corolla roseo-albida (3,5—4 mm. long.), 

 stamina eorollae lobos ovatos obtusiusculos aequantes, stylus 

 autem paulo brevior. Achenium ovato-lanceolatum (4 mm. 

 long.), viride, hinc convexum tricostatum, illinc planum unico- 

 statum. Pappus aehonio sesquilongim- vd aequilongus, basi dilute 



Species V. petrophilae Bge affinis, quacum com- 

 niixta fu it. In herbario Horti Petropolitani et Academiae 

 Scientiarum Petropolitamu- omnia specimina a me observata e 

 Soongoria (a Karelin et Kirilow collecta) et ex Affghania 

 (A i t c h i s o n !) sub nomine V. petrophilae, ad speciem 

 nostram pertinent. A V. petrophila species nostra tibris 

 radicalibus tenuioribus, foiiorum i'orma et numero, segmentis 

 lateralibus inter se distantibus et basi attenuatis, segmento 

 terminali petiolulato, infloivscontia eorymbifnrmi et post 

 anthesin laxe paniculata ramosa. floribus et fructibus sesqui- 

 minoribus et aliis notis sat differt. 



