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VALERIANEjE. I. PATRINIA. II. NARDOSTACHYS. 



lobed limb (f. 114. d.). Stamen 1 (f. 114. e.}. Fruit ihdehis- 

 cent, 1 -celled and 1 -seeded at maturity. 



9 VALERIA'NA. Limb of calyx the same as in Centranthus. 

 Corolla with an obconical or cylindrical tube (f. 115. b.), which 

 is equal or gibbous at the base, and a bluntly 5-cleft limb (f. 

 1 15. b.), rarely only 3-cleft. Stamens 3 (f. 115. i.). Fruit in- 

 dehiscent, 1 -celled, and 1 -seeded at maturity. 



10 BE'TCKEA. Limb of calyx 1-toothed, deciduous. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 3. Fruit 1 -celled, trique- 

 trous, naked at the apex. 



11 TRIPLOSTE'GIA. Flower having 3 covers, viz. a double 

 involucrum and the calyx. Limb of calyx 4-tootlied. Corolla 

 regular funnel-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 3. Stigma capitate. 

 Fruit 1 -seeded, rostrate, covered by the involucra. 



I. PATRI'NIA (so named by Jussieu after M. Patrin, a 

 traveller and collector of plants in Siberia.) Juss. ann. mus. 10. 

 p. 311. Dufr. val. p. 53. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 2. 

 Link, enum. 1. p. 131. D. C. prod. 4. p. 623. Mouffeta, 

 Neck. elem. no. 210. Gytonanthus, Rafin. ann. gen. sc. phys. 

 6. p. 88. Fedia, Adans. fam. 2. p. 152. but not of others. 

 Fedia species, Vahl. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogy'nia. Limb of calyx truncate 

 or erect, very short, somewhat 5-toothed. Corolla regular, 

 spurless, bluntly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, adnate to the bottom of 

 the tube of the corolla, rarely 5. Stigma trigonal-capitate. 

 Capsule 3-celled, crowned by the limb of the calyx, usually 

 having chaff-formed bracteas adhering to it at the base, with one 

 of the cells fertile, and 2 usually thick. Perennial herbs. 

 Leaves for the most part pinnate- lobed. Flowers corymbose, 

 golden-yellow. 



1 P. SIBI'RICA (Juss. 1. c.) stem beset with 2 rows of hairs; 

 leaves rather fleshy : primordial ones oblong, lanceolate or spa- 

 tulate, undivided and obtuse, entire, toothed, serrated, or pinna- 

 tifid towards the apex ; cauline leaves pinnate, with entire, 

 usually obtuse segments; fruit adnate to the paleae. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia, among subalpine rocks. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2325. 

 P. coronata, Fisch. in litt. Valeriana Sibirica, Lin. spec. p. 48. 

 but not of Willd. Valeriana Ruthenica, VVilld. spec. 1. p. 181. 

 Fedia Sibirica, Vahl, enum. 2. p. 122. Gaertn. 3. fr. t. 86. f. 3. 

 Valerianella lutea, Mcench. Valeriana Sibirica (3 humilis, Gmel. 

 sib. 3. p. 123. no. 3. Amm. ruth. no. 25. t. 3. Radical leaves 

 spatulate, entire, toothed or serrated, but sometimes pinnatifid at 

 the apex ; cauline leaves pinnate. Fruit crowned by the 5- 

 toothed limb of the calyx. Flowers yellow. Root black, strong 

 scented. 



Siberian Patrinia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1751. PI. 1 foot. 



2 P. INTERMEDIA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 90.) stem 

 glabrous ; leaves pinnatifid, with uniform linear acute segments, 

 those of the lower leaves deeply toothed, and those of the 

 superior ones deeply pinnatifid ; fruit adnate to the bracteas. $ . 

 H. Native of Altaia, about Zmeof on hills; and of China. 

 Fedia intermedia, Horn. cat. hort. hafn. 1. p. 48. Pat. nudius- 

 cula, Fisch. in litt. Fedia rupestris var. Vahl, enum. 2. p. 23. 

 Valeriana Sibirica, Lin. spec. 1. p. 48. Valeriana rupestris, 

 Vahl. itin. 3. p. 318. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 123. t. 24. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Intermediate Patrinia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



3 P. RUPE'STRIS (Juss. 1. c. Dufr. 1. c.-) stem srnoothish or 

 rather downy ; leaves membranous, pinnatifid, with lanceolate 

 segments : terminal segment large ; corymbs subumbellate ; 

 fruit adnate to the paleae. $ . H. Native of Siberia, Vale- 



riana rupestris, Pal), itin. 3. p. 215. Valeriana Sibirica, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 181. Sims, bot. mag. t. 714. but not of Lin. Fedia 

 rupestris, Vahl, enum. 2. p. 2.2. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 123. t. 24. 

 Flowers yellow, fragrant, smaller than those of P. Sibirica. 

 Rock Patrinia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1801. PI. 1 foot. 



4 P. HETEROPHY'LLA (Bunge, in mem. acad. imp. petersb. 2. 

 p. 109.) stem leafy, downy; lower leaves pinnatifid, with dis- 

 tant ovate-oblong coarsely toothed lobes : the terminal lobe the 

 largest, sharply toothed or deeply lobed, acuminated ; superior 

 leaves quite entire or ternate, with oblong-linear elongated quite 

 entire lobes; flowers corymbose; achenia bracteate. 1. H. 

 Native of the north of China, on the mountains. Nearly allied 

 to P. rupestris, but differs in the lobes of the leaves being 

 fewer, shorter, broader, and in being variously cut, and in the 

 upper leaves being of a different form. 



Variable-leaved Patrinia. PI. 1 foot. 



5 P. SCABIOSJEFOLIA (Link, enum. 1. p. 131.) stem glabrous; 

 radical leaves ovate or oblong, deeply serrated and lyrate ; 

 cauline leaves pinnatifid, with lanceolate-linear acute segments : 

 terminal segment very long ; corymbs loose, rather panicled ; 

 fruit triquetrous, naked. $ . H. Native of Dahuria. Sweet. 

 brit. fl. gard. t. 154. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1340. P. serratuli- 

 folia, Fisch. in litt. Fedia scabiosaefolia, Trev. act. bonn. 13. 

 p. 165. Flowers yellow. There is a variety of this plant 

 having the radical leaves rather pilose, and the rest glabrous. 

 Limb of calyx wanting or truncate. 



Scabious-leaved Patrinia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 ft. 



6 P. VILLO'SA (Juss. 1. c.) stem villous ; leaves villous : radical 

 ones petiolate, auriculate ; cauline ones sessile, toothed ; corymbs 

 panicled. $ . H. Native of Japan. Valeriana villosa, Thunb. 

 fl. jap. p. 32. t. 6. but not of Wall. Fedia villosa, Vahl, enum. 

 2. p. 10. Peduncles axillary and terminal. Bracteas linear. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Villous Patrinia. PI. 1 foot. 



7 P. CERATOPHY'LLA (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 290.) stem 

 glabrous ; leaves all rather fleshy, downy, petiolate : radical 

 ones linear-lanceolate, entire, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, with 

 divaricate lobes ; cauline leaves profoundly pinnatifid, with linear 

 segments ; panicles elongated ; peduncles ternately verticillate. 

 y.. H. Native of North-west America, common on low wet 

 soils between the Kettle Falls and Spokan ; and in the valleys on 

 the west side of the Rocky Mountains. Root thick, fusiform. 

 Stems simple. Peduncles opposite or 3-4 in a whorl. Pedicels 

 short, and flowers crowded. Flowers white. The roots during 

 the spring months are collected by the Indians, baked on heated 

 stones, and used as an article of winter and spring food. From 

 a bitter and seemingly pernicious substance, it is thus converted 

 into a soft and pulpy mass, which has a sweet taste, resembling 

 that of treacle, and is apparently not unwholesome. 



Horn-leaved Patrinia. PI. 1 to 1-| foot. 



Cult. The species of Patrinia grow well in any light soil, 

 and are easily increased by seeds. 



II. NARDO'STACHYS (from vap^oe, nardos, a shrub, and 

 irra-^y e, stachys, a spike ; but is so named from the plant being 

 called spikenard). D. C. coll. mem. vii. t. 1-2. prod. 4. p. 624. 

 Patrinia, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 159. 



LIN. SYST. Tetr&ndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx 5-parted ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, acute, foliaceous, somewhat denticulated, 

 permanent. Corolla' regular, spurless, bluntly 5-lobed, with a 

 bearded throat. Stamens 4, adnate to the bottom of the corolla. 

 Stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, crowned by the calycine 

 lobes, and shorter than them, but not adnate to the bracteas. 

 Herbs, with the habit of Scorzonera humilis, having very sweet- 

 scented perennial roots, which are beset with erect fibres at the 

 neck. Leaves entire, oblong ; radical ones very long ; cauline ones 



