92 VAUERIANE^. Centrantkus. 



p. H9) perennis e rhizomate indurato pluricaulis glaber, foliis inte- 

 gris inferioribus oblongis in petiolum attenualis cseteris basi attenuata 

 sessilibus lanceolatis longe attenuato-acuminatis, cymis multifloris 

 paniculara thyrsoideam interruptam saepe ad capitulum reductam 

 formantibus, corollae calcare ovario 2-3-plo longiore tubo terti^ parte 

 breviore :^ . Valeriana augustifolia Fl. Gr. I, p. 22, tab. 29. 



Hab. in fissuris rupium reglonis inferioris Grseciae, Acrocorinthus et rupes 

 circa Naupliam (Boiss!), Malevo Laconiae supra Castanitza (Orph!), hycSho- 

 tus, Parnes et Hymettus meridionalis in Attica, Kyllene regio media (Heldr!), 

 GEtolia ad Missolunghi (Niedl), Eubea (Heldrl), Parnassi regio inferior ad 

 Arachova (Heldrl), Bajotia ad Lebadeam (Orphl), Cephalonia prope Argostoli 

 (Heldr !) Fl. Apr. 



Pedaliset sesquipedalis,foliainterdumeis iconis citat3e2-3-plolatiora.Affmis 

 C.rubro folils ovatis cucuUatis quorum superiora interdum acuminata sunt sed 

 breviter et abrupte, calcare breviori distincto. t-'. angmtifolius d.c. calcare 

 ovarium vix excedente longius diflfert. 



3. C. longiflorus (Stev. Obs. pl. Ross. 76) perennis glaber, 

 caulibus basi denudata ascendentibus interdnm ramulosis. foliis lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus elongatis integerrimis, cymis in paniculam ssepe 

 elOngatam interruptam anguste thyrsoideam digestis, corollee ad cal- 

 caris insertionem in ovai-io sessilis calcare tubo parum breviore ova- 

 rio subtriplo longiore ^. Val. angustifolia M.B. Taur. Gauc. I, p. 24, 

 non Mill. nec Sibth. 



Hab. in rupestribus prov. Transcaucasicarum (M.B , Hoh!), Armeniae Tur- 

 cicse ad Erzerum (Galvl), ad Gumuschkhane (Bourglj. 



/3. latifolius. — Folia latiora breviora, inferiora oblonga, caules 

 ramosiores, panicula saepe elongata ramulis dissitis. C. elatus Boiss. 

 Diagn. Ser. 1,10, p. 73. 



Hab. in rupestribus montis Olklatschi Pisidise (Heldrl), Galatift (Tchihl). 

 Cataonia (Haussk I), Armenid australi ad Miikus (Ky H, Cilicia TracheA (Pero- 

 nin I), Tauro Cilicico ad Giilek Maaden (Ky. 245! Ball), Libano circa Edenet 

 in jugo Gebel Baruck (Boissl), circa Hasrun (Bl I), Antilibano circa Zebdani 

 (Boiss I Ky. 74 ! et 499 1 sub C.junceo. 



Caules saepe 4-5-pedales. A praecedentibus foliis non acuminatis nec acutis 

 distinctus, calcar ssepius longius. 



4. C. junceus (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, 10, p. 78) peren- 

 nis glaber e rhizomate indurato multicauiis, caulibus virgatis rigidis 

 ramosis,foliisinferioribuslineari-subspathulatisobtusisc8eterisanguste 

 linearibus acutiusculis saepe deflexis, cymis paucifloris lerminalibus, 

 corollae ad calcaris insertionem in ovario substipitatee calcare tubo 

 parum breviore ovario 8-4-plo longiore ^ . 



Hab. ad rupes alpinas Graeciae, Taygetus loco Kakoehoni dicto (Heldr I), 

 Chelmos prope Stygem (Orphl), Parnassi regio abietina 4O0O'-5000' (Heldr , 

 Orph.Fl. Gr. exs. 453!), Olympus Thessalus in alvajs torrentum regionis syl- 

 vaticffi (Heldrl), mons Athos Macedonias 5800' (Orph!). Fl Jul. Aug. 



Bipedalis et procerior, folia bipollicaria et breviora 1-2 liii. lata. Valde affi- 

 nis C. longifioi-o et ab eo forsan non sat distinctus, differt tamen foliis angus- 



