VALERIANEJ:. IV. VALERIANELLA. 



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yery narrow; limb of calyx obliquely truncate, campanulate, 

 6-toothed : teeth erect, the 3 front ones the shortest ; bracteas 

 adpressed, linear ; leaves oblong-linear, quite entire, or toothed 

 at the base. Q. H. Native of Europe, in corn-fields, from 

 Andegaveny and Spain to Tauria. Lois.- not. p. 49. t. 3. f. 2. 

 Dufr. val. p. 59. t. 3. no. 4. D. C. coll. mem. t. 3. f. 5. Fedia 

 eriocarpa and Fedia muricata, Roam, et Schultes. Fedia cam- 

 panulata, Presl. sic. p. 11. V. campanulata, Bir. man. 4. p. 18. 

 Fedia eriocarpa, Rchb. pi. crit. 1. t. 65. Guss. prod. 1. p. 26. 

 Fedia rugulosa, Stev. in litt. Mor. oxon. sect. 7. t. 16. f. 33. 

 Flowers lilac. There is a variety of this, having the fruit pilose 

 on the ribs, and glabrous at the base. Bracteas quite entire or 

 serrated. Sterile cells of capsule very narrow. 



Var. ft, rugulosa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) bracteas ovate-lan- 

 ceolate ; habit firmer. () H. Native along with the species. 

 Fedia rugulosa, Spreng. pug. 2. p. 2. 



Woolly-fruited Lamb's-lettuce. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1821. 

 PI. to 1 foot. 



11 V. MIXTA (Dufr. val. p. 59. t. 3. no. 6.) fruit ovate, vil- 

 lous, having the 2 sterile cells very narrow ; limb of calyx ob- 

 lique, with 3 short teeth ; bracteas linear, adpressed ; leaves 

 oblong, quite entire. O- H. Native of France, Italy, Tauria, 

 in corn-fields. Fedia mixta, Vahl, enum. 2. p. 21. V. micro- 

 carpa, Lois. not. p. 151. Fedia minuta, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 

 144. ? Flowers pink. Sauvages's plant, cited by Vahl, belongs 

 to Centrdnthas Calcitrapa. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from 

 V. eriocarpa. 



Mixed Lamb's-lettuce. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. \ 

 to 1 foot. 



12 V. MORISONII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627. Rchb. icon. bot. 

 cent. 1. t. 63.) fruit ovate, rather conical, downy; limb of calyx 

 oblique, tridentate on one side, and furnished with 1-2 nearly 

 obsolete teeth on the other ; the 2 'sterile cells of fruit filiform, 

 much narrower than the fertile one ; bracteas subulate, erect, 

 cartilaginously ciliated ; flowers corymbose ; leaves linear- 

 tongue-shaped, quite entire or few-toothed at the base. () H. 

 Native of Europe and Tauria, in corn-fields ; and of Caucasus, 

 on the Talusch mountains, near Perimbal ; found in corn-fields 

 in Cornwall, Essex, and on Harlton Hill, Cambridgeshire ; 

 and in Scotland, about Edinburgh. Fedia dasycarpa, Stev. 

 mem. soc. mosc. 5. p. 348. Fedia Morisdnii, Spreng. pug 5. 

 p. 6. Fedia dentata, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 70. Valeriana dentata, 

 Sow. engl. bot. t. 1370. Fedia dentata eriosperma, Wallr. 

 sched. Fedia dentata dasycarpa, Rchb. pi. crit. no. 127. t. 63. 

 Mor. oxon. t. 16. f. 35. Fedia locusta olitoria, Oed. fl. dan. 

 t. 738. Flowers purple. 



Var. ft, leiocdrpa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) fruit glabrous. 

 O- H. Native along with the species. F. dentata, Stev. F. 

 Morisonii, Agardh. Fedia dentata, var. leiocarpa, Rchb. pi. 

 crit. t. 62. There are varieties of this, having the leaves 3 in a 

 whorl, and pinnatifid. 



Morison's Lamb's-lettuce. Fl. April, June. Britain. PI. 1 ft. 



13V. PUBE'RULA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) fruit ovate, downy, 

 hardish, rather angular, not umbilicated ; limb of calyx very short, 

 oblique, 3-5-toothed; the 2 sterile cells of the fruit filiform, and 

 very narrow ; bracteas linear, erect, ciliately denticulated, with 

 membranous margins ; flowers corymbose ; leaves linear-oblong, 

 quite entire, or hardly unidentate at the base. 0. H. Native of 

 Sicily and Calabria, in corn-fields. Fedia puberula, Bertol. in 

 Guss. pi. rar. p. 14. prod. 1. p. 27. Fedia microcarpa, Rchb. 

 pi. crit. 2. t. 114. 



Downy Lamb's-lettuce. PI. -j foot. 



14 V. TRUNCA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 627.) fruit ovoid, downy, 

 convex on the back, and bicostate in front ; the 2 sterile cells of 

 fruit filiform, much narrower than the fertile one ; limb of calyx 

 ear-formed, obliquely truncate, quite entire, equal in length "to 



the fruit ; bracteas linear, dilated and concave at the base, cili- 

 ately serrated ; flowers cymose ; leaves oblong, quite entire. 

 O- H. Native of Candia, at Canea or Cydonia, in corn-fields ; 

 also of the Island of Melos, and in Cazarand Theodosia. Fedia 

 truncata, Rchb. pi. crit. t. 115. Fedia dentata, Sieb. ex Rchb. 

 V. auricula, D'Urv. enum. 5. but not of D. C. 

 Truncate-calyxed Lamb's-lettuce. PI. ^ foot. 



3. PlatyccelcB (from irXarue, plains, broad, and urotXoc, 

 koilos, a hollow; in reference to the broad, hollow, sterile cells of 

 the fruit). D. C. prod. 4. p. 627. Fruit 3-celled, furrowed in 

 front ; fertile cell not cellularly gibbose on the back, and the two 

 sterile cells broader than the diameter of the fertile one, or nearly 

 equal to it ; the transverse section nearly orbicular. 



* Limb of calyx entire or toothed, erect ; teeth not hooked at 

 the apex. 



15 V. AURICULA (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 492. coll. mem. t. S. 

 f. 6.) fruit ovate, glabrous ; limb of calyx obliquely truncate, 

 almost quite entire, acutely auricle-formed ; the 2 sterile cells of 

 the fruit broader than the fertile one ; bracteas spreading, linear, 

 glabrous ; flowers disposed in dichotomous corymbs, rather 

 loose ; leaves oblong, quite entire, or toothed at the base. O 

 H. Native of Europe, in fields, especially in the south. Fedia 

 auriculata, Gaud. fl. helv. 1. p. 84. t. 4. Rchb. pi. crit. t. 68. 

 Fedia olitoria, Gaertn. fr. 2. p. 86. Flowers pink. This spe- 

 cies is often confused with V. dentata, and numerous others. 

 There is a variety of it with pinnatifid leaves and villous fruit, 

 according to Rchb. 



Far. ft, laxiflora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 626.) dwarf; leaves 

 obovate-oblong. O- H. V. laxiflora, Dufr. val. p. 58. t. 3. 

 Fedia laxiflora, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 360. Flowers 

 pink. 



' Lamb's-lettuce. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. 



PI. i foot. 



16V. DENTA'TA (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3331.) fruit ovate, glabrous, 

 smoothish, chinky in front ; limb of calyx obliquely truncate, 

 auricle-formed, tridentate; the 2 sterile cells of the fruit broader 

 than the fertile one ; bracteas spreading, linear-lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, hardly ciliated ; flowers dichotomously corymbose, rather 

 loose; leaves oblong-linear, quite entire. O- H. Native of 

 Europe, in woods ; and of Caucasus, near Baku, in corn-fields. 

 Dufr. val. p. 57. t. 3. no. 5. Fedia dentata, Vahl, enum. 2. p. 

 20. exclusive of the syn. of Moris. Valeriana dentata, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 183.? V. rimosa, Bast, journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 20. 

 Val. olitoria, Sturm, deutsch. fl. with a figure. Flowers blue. 

 This is an intermediate plant between V. auricula and V. pumila, 

 and probably not distinct from the former. 



Toolhed-ca\yx.cd Lamb's-lettuce. PI. \ foot. 



17V. PU'MILA (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3335.) fruit nearly globose, 

 inflated, glabrous, engraven in front, retuse at the apex ; limb 

 of calyx tridentate, short, unequal ; the 2 sterile cells of the 

 fruit broader than the fertile one ; bracteas spreading, lanceo- 

 late, with membranous villously-ciliated margins ; flowers co- 

 rymbose ; leaves oblong-linear, deeply toothed at the base. . 

 H. Native of the south of Europe and Tauria, in cultivated 

 sandy fields ; and of Caucasus, near Baku, in fields and on hills. 

 Valeriana pumila, Willd. spec. 1. p. 184. Fedia pumila, Vahl, 

 enum. 2. p. 21. Rchb. pi. crit. 2. t. 113. V. membranacea, 

 Lois. not. p. 130. V. tridentata, Link. enum. 1. p. 63. Fedia 

 tridentata, Stev. mem. soc. mosc. 2. p. 173. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 

 p. 29. Rchb. pi. crit. 1. t. 64. Flowers pink. There is a va- 

 riety of this, having the leaves somewhat pinnatifid. 



Var. ft, lasiocdrpa (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 366.) fruit 

 villous. O- H. Native of Tauria and Caucasus. Fedia lasio- 

 carpa, Stev. mem. soc. mosc. 5. p. 59. 



