90 VALERIANE.E. Vdlerania. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa pr»sertim borealis et media a Scandinavia ad Rossiam et 

 ab Hispania septentrionali adltaliam et Dalniatiam, Sibiria omnis. 



***** Radix a collo napulifera. 



13. V. asarifolia (Dufresn. Val. 44) glabra, radice iiapulis 

 2-3 breviter oblongis constante, caule crasso elato subsimplici, foliis 

 tencris radicalibns aniplis cordato-reniformibus obtusissime Jobato- 

 repandis, caulinis infimis lyrato-parlitis, superioribus subsessilibus 

 abbreviatis in segmenta latiuscula obIongo-lineai"ia pinnatisectis, 

 corymbo terminali trichotomo dcnso, liracteis linearibus acuminatis 

 fructum oblongum superne attenuatum dorso inter nervos hirsutum 

 ventre glahrinn ffiquantibus, coroUa rosea ampla ^. Ic. Prosp. Alp. 

 Exot. pag. 132 Ic. 



Hab. in rupibus Cretaj non frequens in regione collina et montana, Mournies, 

 Malaxa, Askvphos, inter Rhodackino et Selia,Aphendi, Kavou.si, etc. (Tourn., 

 Sieb! Raul! Heldr') Fl. Mart. Mai. 



Radix (a me non visa) ex Lobelii descriptione et icone napulis breviter 

 oblongis fibrillas edentibus constans, caulis pedalis vel sesquipedalis, foliorum 

 radicalium limbus 3-4 poll. longus latusque sajpe transverse latior, corolla 4 

 lineas longa linibo diam. 3'/» lato 



16. V. Dioscoridis (Sibth. Fl. Gra3C. I, p. 24, tab. 33) radice 

 napulis aggi-egatis crassis elongatis sensim apice attenuatis constante, 

 caule crasso elato fistuloso tereti, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis vel 

 omnibus lyratis vel infimis oblongo-ellipticis intcgcrrimis parvis, 

 caulinis in segmenta 4-7-juga oblonga repanda vcl dentata pinnati- 

 sectis terminali srepius submajori, supr(*morum scgmentis linearibus, 

 corymbo terminali multilloro intcrduni ramosissimo paniculato fructi- 

 fero laxo, bracteis oblongo-triaiigularibus fructu compresso dorso 

 intcr nervos hirto 2-3-plo brevioribus. corollre rosere tubo limbum 

 subiequante V- V. Italica Lani. III. l, p. 92 et D.C. Prodr. IV, p. 637 

 fpatria exclusa), — V. HlsijmbrifoUa Urv. Enum. non Desf. — V. sii- 

 folia G. Koch Linn. XIX, p. 32. 



Hab. in rupestribus sa^pius umbrosis regionis montante inferioris et sa^pe 

 superioris 500'-4U0U',montes Zacynthi (Weiss!),Peloponnesi et Atticai (Sprunl 

 Boiss! Heldr! Orph. Fl. exs. 17 !), montis Onion BajotiPD (Heldrlj, Thraciae 

 (Friv! (jrisel)!), Bithynia; (Thirke), Armeni* ad Gumuschkhane (Bourg. 

 exs. suli V. sisymbrif'olid!\ insula; Cos (Urv.) et Ghio (Orph!), Garife, Lyciae, 

 Pamphylia) (Bburg! Heldrl), Cilicia3 (Ky. 13!), Gypri (Ky 712!), Syriai littoralis 

 (Criiill!) usqne ad Eden Libani (Bll), Mesopotamiae ad Terek (Hausskl). FL 

 Mait. Apr. 



Pedalis vcl Inpedalis, verum Phu Dioscoridis ex Sibthorpio. 



**•**• [^adix tuberosa simplex. 



17. V. tuberosa (L. Sp. 46J glabra, polygamo-dioica, radice 

 tubcrosa exslolonosa, foliis radicalibus oblougis hasi rotundatis vel in 

 pelioliun brevcm breviter angustatis, caulinis inferioribus lyrato- 



