212 LXXYJ. VALERIANEJE. (C. B. -Clarke.) [Valeriana. 



V. officinalis has lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate leaflets, often much toothed or 

 serrate. 



3. V. Jaescfckei, C. B. Clarke ; small, glabrous, radical leaves pinnate, 

 pinnules many obtuse, cauline few pinnules linear, fruit hairy. 



WKSTERN HIMALAYA, Lahul, JaeschJce. 



Hootstock short, thickened, emitting thick horizontal fibres. Stem 69 in., erect, 

 simple, nodes minutely pilose. Radical leaves numerous at flowering time, segments 

 5-9, 5- in. long, ovate to oblong ; cauline 1 or 2 distant pairs, segments -1 by ^-y^ 

 in. Corymbs 1 in. diam. ; flowers small ; upper bracts ~ in., narrow oblong. Re- 

 sembles generally V. oligantha, Boiss. (Fl. Orient, iii. 87), of which it might be the 

 fully developed form; but that the fruit is pilose and the root is not long nor 

 branching. 



4. V. eleg-ans, C. B. Clarke] puberulous, leaves all entire spathulate 

 ovate or oblong obtuse, fruit hairy. 



BALTISTHAN; Skardo, alt. 9000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



Hootstock woody, thick, branching, with thick horizontal fibree. Stem 6-9 in., 

 erect, frequently branched from near the base, glabrous upwards. Radical leaves 

 several at fruit-time, ovate; cauline several, similar, oblong. Panicle lax, in fruit 

 dichotomously dividing into linear subsimple spikes ; upper bracts oblong, small, 

 .hardly half the length of the fruit. Flowers small, bright pink (pappus red in dried 

 -specimens). 



5. V. Roylei, Klotzsch in Rets. P>: Waldem. Bot. 83, t. 85 ; stem glabrous, 

 leaves all undivided petioled orbicular or cordate-ovate uppermost pair sessile, 

 fruit glabrous. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Hoffmeister. 



Soot tuberous. Stem 8 in., erect, simple. Leaves ^ f in., at first puberulous, en- 

 tire, or the lowest obscurely toothed ; radical several at flower-time ; cauline several 

 pairs, all but the uppermost petioled. Corymb 1-2 in. diam. ; 'upper bracts oblong- 

 linear, as long as the fruit. Not seen, the foregoing drawn up from Klotzsch's figure 

 and description. The plant seems very near V. pyrolcefolia, which, however, has a 

 different root. 



6. V. pyroleefolia, Dene in Jacquem. Voy. .Bot. 85, t. 93 ; sparingly 

 pubescent, leaves all subentire, radical petioled orbicular or elliptic obtuse, cauline 

 sessile ovate, fruit glabrous. V. bracteata, Royle III. 241, without descriptitm, 



fide T. Thorns, ms. Valeriana, sp. No. 12 and 13, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 9-14,000 ft., Jacquemont, 

 &c. 



EootstocJc thick, branching, subhorizontal, with thick fibres. Stem 2-10 in., erect, 

 simple, succulent, often pubescent, at least when young. Radical leaves often 1 in. 

 diam., several at fruit-time ; cauline in., all pubescent when young, subsucculent, 

 nerved when mature. Corymb 1-2 in. diam., much more lax in fruit ; upper bracts 

 in., linear-oblong, equalling the fruit. Can this be a form of V. Wallichii ? 



7. V B Straclicyi, C. B. Clarke ; slender, pubescent, leaves lyrate-pinnate 

 terminal lobe rhomboid, corymb lax dichotomously branching into straight 

 slender spikes, fruit very pilose. Valeriana, sp 6, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 8f T. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4-8000 ft., Thomson, 

 Strachey $ Winterbottom, &c. 



Pootstock 'Woody, very stout. Stems 6-1 2 in., erect, often branching from near the 

 base, uniformly minutely \ pubescent. Radical leaves at flower-time ; cauline leaves 

 several, minutely pubesceiit, terminal lobe toothed or nearly entire. Corymb slender, 

 lax in fruit; ultimate branohlets 1-2 in., simple, with distant minute lanceolate brae- 

 teoles which are much shorter than the fruit. 



