HQ VALERIANE.E. " Vcderiaiiclla . 



gibbis biiiis promiiienlibus instructis, limbo calycis ad basin usqiie 

 in lacinias 3-2 capsula subduplo longiores orbiculatas membranaceas 

 pellucidas reticulatas argute denticulatas partito, postica submajore, 

 loculis slerilibus fertili sublatioribus Q. Dufresnia Orkntalis d.c. 

 Mem. VII, tab. 3. — Duf. leiocarpa C. Koch Linn. XVII, p. 341 

 (Spec. vix florentia ovario parcius lanato!). 



Hab. in collibus sappe subsalsis, Cappadocia ad Karaliissar (Bal !), Armenia 

 australis ad Karpnt (Noe !\ desertum Syriacum inter Snou Fadcl et Gebel Abiad 

 fBll), Assvria inter Mossul et Bagdad (Oliv. et Brug!). Arnienia Rossica (G. 

 Koch!) et ad Nackitchewan ad salinas (Buhsel), Persia l)or. prov. Aderliidjan 

 ad Khoi (Szov! Auch. 4G82!), orientalis inter Khabbis et Kerman (Bge !), 

 AOghania (Grifl!), Belutschia 5000'-6000' (Stocks!) Fl. Apr. Jun. 



Fructus alai 2Vi-3 lin. longa;. Genus Dufresnia cl. a Bunge observante nullo 

 charactere diilerta Valerianclld (\\id.c\xva mediante V.Tri}jlari,corniculatd,e[c. 

 conjungitur. 



* * Calycis limbus cyathiformis vel rotatus radiatim 5-6-lobus. 



35. V. coronata (W. Sp. I, p. Ib4 sub Valeriana) caule stepius 

 elato inferme pubescenle superne divaricatim dichotomo, foliis cilia- 

 tulis inierioriLtus oblongis superioribus linearibus basi dentatis vel 

 pinnatifidis, cymis densis capitatis tandem globosis, bracteis fructu 

 longioribus ovatis late membranaceis ciliatis, fructu obconico-tetragono 

 villoso poslice convexo antice sulco profundo oblongo-lineari excavato, 

 loculis sterilibus fertili postico subangustioribus, calycis limbo cyathi- 

 formi mcmhranacco eximie rcticulato-nervoso capsula requilongo et 

 duplo lutiore intus glaberrimo ad medium in lobos sex ovatos arista- 

 tos apiee uncinatos Ado Q. V. coronata d.c. F1. Fr. IV, p. 241. — 

 Krok tah. III, fig. 32. — V. hamata Bast. iu d.c. FI. Fr. V, p. 494. — 

 V. Locii.sta var. coronata L. 



Hab. in cultis regionis inferioris et saxosis herbidis montance, Graecia 

 omnis, in monte Parnes Atticae usque ad 4000' ascendens (Heldr!), Thracia 

 (Griseb.), Archipolagus (Urv.), Anatolia occid. et ausiralis ad Ciliciam usque 

 (Bal!), Cappadocia ad Tchomakli 5000' (Bal!), Syria in Libano (Bll), mons 

 Gel)Pl Belas deserti Syriaci (Bll), Mesopotamia (Haussk!), Armenia Turcica 

 (Bourg!) et Rossica (Buh&e!), Tauria (M.B.), Transcaucasia (Hoh !), Persia 

 austraJis ad Dalechi (Kyl). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis a Belgto, Gallia media, Germania ubi 

 rara ad Huugariam, Transylvaniara, Serbiam, Africa borealis. 



36. V. Kotschyi (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 3, p. 60) glabra fere a basi 

 divaricatim dicliotoma, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis remote denticulatis 

 superiorihus basi 1-2 laciniis auctis, cymis dense capitatis planiuscu- 

 iis, bracteis ovato-lanccolatis late membranaceis, fructu obconico- 

 tetragono tcmcntoso postice subcarinato antice sulco profundo obo- 

 valo exarato, loculis sterilibus divergentibus subtriangularibus fertili 

 postico transversc dilatato subminoribus, calycis limbo glabro subro- 

 tato membranaceo reticulato capsula latiore et subduplo breviore vix 



