l alerianella. valeriane.e. 109 



32. V. tridentata (Stev. Obs. in Mem. Mosq. 1817, p, 346 sub 

 Fedid) scabriusculo-hirta, caule patule diohotomo saepius clato, foliis 

 infer. lineari-spathulatis integris intermediis anguste iinearibus ssepe 

 basi denlatis vcl incisis, cymis plauis laxiuscuUs, ramulis non incras- 

 satis, bracteis ovatis late membranaceis cihatis, fructil)us cito deciduis 

 glabris rarius hirtis subglobosis inflatis postice convexis antice pla- 

 niusculis ad medium umbihco suborbiculari profundo excavatis, loculis 

 sterilibus divergentibus fertili majoribus medio dorso costatis saepe 

 carinatis, fertili postico angusto, calycis linibo capsula angustiore sed 

 ejus apice sublatiore obtuse et lale tridentato dente postico erecto 

 lateraUbus minoribus applanato -patentibus interdum obsoletis 0. Ic. 

 Krok tab. III, tig. 29. — V.pumUa Willd. Sp. I, p. 184 sub Vakriaiid 

 nomen antiquius sed improprium. — V. membranacea Loisel. Not. 

 p. 150. — V. Sheilii Boiss. in Ky. exs. Pers. austr. (forma micro- 

 carpa). — F. gracilis F.M. Ind. IV Petrop. 



Hab. in graminosis Gappadocioe ad Karahissar(Bal!}, Syrise ad Aleppo(Ky. 

 108! Haussk!), in deserto Chabur Mesopotamise (Hausskl) et ad Euphratem 

 (Chesn.), ad Damascum (Gailll), in monte Gebel ed Drus Palestinoe (Socin !), 

 ad Dalechi Persiae austr. (Ky. 201!), Tauri4 et prov. Cis et Transcaucasicis 

 (Stev., Hohen.). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Gallia australis, Italia media et australis, Hungaria, 

 Dalmatia, Africa borealis. 



§ 7. Coronatae. 

 * Calycis limbus 3-3-partitus. 



33. V. conjungens (Bunge in litt.) glabra pumila. caule stricte 

 et parce dichotomo, fohis oblongo-linearibus elongatis strictis, cymis 

 parvis densiusculis, ramis fructiferis brevissimis non incrassatis, 

 bracteis herbaceis oblongis, fructibus breviter hirtis breviter turbi- 

 nato-obpyramidatis antice foveola lata profunda triangulari et sub 

 corona gibbis binis prominentibus instructis, limbo calycis afi basin 

 usque in lacinias 3-2 subsequales capsula sublongiores ovatas mem- 

 branaceas pellucidas reticulatas minute dentieulatas alffiformes par- 

 tito, ioculis binis sterilibus fertili sequilatis ©. 



Hab. in montosis Persiap austro-orientalis inter Chabbis et Kerman (Bgel) 

 Fl. Apr. 



Bi-tripedalis, folia intermedia sa^pe pollicaria, capsul. lineam, ejus alas lin. 

 1'/« longae. Species nexum inter Vaieriancllam et Dufresniam d.c. prsebens. 

 A V. Lufresnid fructu triplo minore breviter et parce hirto distincta. 



34. V. Dufresnia (Bge. in litt.) glabra pumila simplex vel e 

 collo ramosa stricte dichotoma et corymbosa caule crassiusculo, cymis 

 densiusculis, ramis fructiferis vix incrassatis, foliis longiusculis 

 oblongo-Iinearibus obtusis integris, fmictibus brcviter turbiiiatis 

 crassis dense albo-lanatis antice foveola triangulari et sub corona 



