Valeriana. vALERiANEiE. 91 



pinnaliparlitis superioribus in segmenla linearia 3-4-juga pijiiialisectis 

 terminali longiore, corymbo terminali densiusculo, bracleis pailidis 

 fructu oblongo couipresso utrinque inter strias lineatim hirsuto bre- 

 vioribus, calycini linibi aristis 12 "if . 



Hab. in saxosis suhalpinis montis Kyllene Peloponnesi 6000' (Orph. Fl. Gr. 

 exs. 252!), Parnassi, Cretfe, Cypri (Sibth.), Tauriae, Gaucasi et prov.Transcau- 

 casicaruni (M.B., Hohen!) 



Ar. Geogr. Lusitania, Hi.spania, Gallia media et australis, Carnia, Ita- 

 lia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rossiu auslralis, Sibiria Uralensis et Altaica, Africa 

 borealis. 



18. V. leucophaea (d.c. Prodr. IV, p. t>41. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 

 If, 2. p. 117) gbtbra polygamo-dioica, radice tuberosa sa'.pe furcata 

 exstolonosa, Ibliis inferioribns oblongo-lingulatis in petiolum lirov^em 

 atteiuuitis, ca^ieris sessilibus in segmenta lincari-setacea pinjiatipartitis, 

 corymbo capitato deiiso, ])i'actcis linearibus acuminatis nigricantibus 

 albo-marginatis fructu oi)lojigo compresso utrinquc inter strias linea- 

 tim liirsuto multo longioribus,calycini limbi aristis 6-8 ^ . V. hradmta 

 Boiss. in Iluet pl. exs. — Valeriana Orientalis minima, Jlore leaco- 

 phceo Tourn. Cor. p. 6. 



Hab. in regione alpina montium Anatolise borealis et Armenia'. Ponlus in 

 monUbus ad mei-idiem urbis Sainsun et in jugo Paryadres (Tchih. ^'^Oo^-i^OOOT), 

 Armenia prope Bayazid (Auch. 4691 !j, inmontibus Bingoldagli ct Toclidagh 

 prope Erzerum 8000' 1000')" ! (Huet), in Armenia Rossica prope Nachitschewan 

 et monte Ssahend pi-ov Aderbidjan Persia; (Buhse!) 



Afllnis V. tubcrosce dilTert bracteis longis, corolla leucopha>;l nec roseA, 

 aristis calycinis paucioribus. 



CENTRANTniS (l».C. Fl. Fr. IV, p. 2.38). 



Calycis limbus per antlicsin involutus postea in pappum piiunosum 

 fructum coronantem expansus. Corollatubuloso-infundibuliroriuistubo 

 obconico basi plus minus longe calcarato limbo regulariter o-iolio. Sta- 

 men unicuin. Fructus unilocularis. — Herba) annua' vel perennes flo- 

 ribus roseis. 



1. G. ruber (L. Sp. 44 ex parte sub Valeriand) pcremiis pkiri- 

 caulis glaber glaucescens, foliis ovatis aut ovato-lanceolatis subintegris 

 inferioribus in petioliim attenuatis superioribus sessilibus, cymis 

 multitloris paniculam thyrsoideam formantibus, coroiliic calcarc ovario 

 subduplo longiore lubo subduplo breviore ^. C. rnber D.C. loc. cit. 

 Ic. Engl. bot. tab. 1531. 



Hab. ad muros, rupes, regionis calidfe, Peloponnesus (Bory), Maccdonia in 

 peninsula Athoa et circa Byzantium (Griseb.), in Libano prope Djebaa (Gaill!). 

 Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Gallia australis, Italia, Dalmatia. 



2. C. Sibthorpii (Heldr. et Sart. in Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II, 2, 



