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them obliterated. Nearly glabrous herbs. Radical leaves 

 rhomboid, cut ; cauline ones impari-pinnate, with oval-oblong, 

 deeply toothed segments. Flowers disposed in panicles or co- 

 rymbs, white. Habit of Valeridna, and the fruit almost of Va- 

 lerianella, but is easily distinguished from both these genera in 

 the corolla being gibbosely spurred on one side at the base, and 

 in the style being 3-cleft. 



1 A. CHjEROPHYLLolnES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 629.) stem rather 

 hairy at the nodi ; leaves glabrous : radical ones entire : cau- 

 line ones pinnate, with sharply jagged segments ; corymbs few- 

 flowered ; corolla with a short spur ; limb of calyx very short, 

 5-toothed. O- H. Native of Peru, in forests on the hills at 

 Lima and Chancay. Val. chaerophylloides, Smith, icon. ined. 3. 

 t. 53. Valeriana laciniata, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 49. t. 69. 

 f. a. Val. chaerophylla, Pers. ench. 1. p. 37. Astr. laciniata, 

 Dufr. 1. c. Fedia chaerophylloides, Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 334. Boerhaavia chserophylloides, Willd. spec. 1. p. 22. 

 Herb hardly a hand high. Flowers white. 



Chervil-like Astrephia. PI. % to ^ foot. 



2 A. CRISPA (Dufr. val. p. 51.) stem glabrous, as also at the 

 nodi ; panicle elongated, with dichotomous branches, floriferous 

 in the axils of the forks ; corolla gibbose at the base ; limb of 

 calyx sub-campanulate, almost entire, y. . H. Native of Chili, 

 among bushes,- and in meadows and corn-fields. Valeriana 

 crispa, Ruiz et Pav. 1. p. 41. Herb 2 feet high. Flowers white. 



Curled Astrephia. PI. 2 feet. 



3 A. LA'XA (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 364.) plant 

 herbaceous, glabrous ; radical leaves ovate-cordate, bluntly 

 toothed; cauline leaves lyrately pinnatifid, terminal lobe the 

 largest ; panicle loose, divaricate ; ultimate pedicels short, 

 crowded ; fruit ovate, excavated on one side, 3-ribbed on the 

 back, and crowned by an annular ring. Native of Chili, about 

 Conception. Fedia laxa, Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 

 p. 28. This species approaches near to Fedia paniculala, but 

 that plant is pubescent, and has a pappose fruit. 



Zoose-flowered Astrephia. PI. 1 foot. 



4 A. LOBA V TA (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 364.) leaves 

 pinnate-lobed ; lobes distant, coarsely toothed : terminal lobe 

 broadly ovate, lateral ones oblong, much smaller ; lower teeth 

 looking downwards, upper ones upwards ; rachis glabrous ; co- 

 rymbs pedunculate, opposite, distant, disposed in a panicle ; fruit 

 glabrous. Native of Chili. 



Var. a ; stem beset with long hairs. The stem below the last 

 pair of opposite cauline leaves is hairy, above them it is glabrous. 



Var. /8 ; stem glabrous. Native of Chili, about Valparaiso. 



Zo6erf-leaved Astrephia. PI. 



Cult. A. chcerophylloldes should be treated like other tender 

 annuals ; the rest should be protected in winter by placing 

 them in a frame or green-house. All are only to be increased 

 by seeds. 



VI. FE'DIA (derived from fedus, an ancient word, synony- 

 mous with hcedus, a kid), Mcench. meth. p. 486. D. C. fl. fr. 4. 

 p. 239. Juss. ann. mus. 10. p. 311. Dufr. val. p. 54. D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 630. but not of Adanson. F6dia species, Gaertn. et Vahi. 

 Polypremum species, Adans. Mitrophora, Neck. elem. 1. 

 p. 123. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx short and 

 straight; lobes 4, subulate, unequal (f. 113. c.). Corolla with 

 a filiform spurred tube (f. 113. a.), and an unequally 5-lobed 

 subringent limb (f. 113. /.). Stamens 2 (f. 113. /j.). Stigma 

 bifid (f. 113. g.). Fruit indehiscent (f. 113. 6.), rather 

 spongy, 3-celled ; the 2 sterile cells narrow, and the fertile one 

 broader and 1-seeded. Glabrous annual herbs. Leaves en- 

 tire or toothed. Flowers capitately corymbose or cymose, 

 rose-coloured or purple. Bracteas adpressed. 



FIG. 113. 



1 F. CORNUCOPIA (D. C. fl. 

 fr. 4. p. 240.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, toothed : lower ones 

 petiolate : upper ones sessile ; 

 flowers corymbose, in fascicles ; 

 peduncles thickened, fistular. 

 0. H. Native of the south of 

 Europe, Levant, north of Africa, 

 Islands in the Mediterranean 

 &c. in corn-fields and waste 

 places. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 36. 

 Valeriana cornucopise, Lin. spec. 

 44. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 

 32. Val. locusta, Ucria, hort. 

 pan. p. 46. ex Guss. prod. 1. p. 

 24. Sab. hort. rom. 2. 1. 17-19. 

 Mor. oxon. sect. 7. t. 16. f. 



27. Riv. mon. t. 5. Stem purplish. Flowers red. This is a 

 very ornamental annual. The fruit is like a cornucopia. 



Cornucopia-fruited Fedia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1796. PI. 

 \ foot, straggling. 



2 F. SCORPIOIDES (Duf. val. p. 55. t. 1.) leaves ovate, petio- 

 late ; lower ones quite entire : middle ones irregularly toothed : 

 upper ones ovate-lanceolate, hardly pinnatifid ; flowers cymose, 

 unilateral and sessile along the two branches of the cyme. O- 

 H. Native of the north of Africa, about Tangiers. Flowers 

 purple. 



Scorpion- like-cymed Fedia. PI. \ foot. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



3 F. PANICULA'TA (Colla, app. 3. p. 36.) lower leaves spatu- 

 late, nearly entire : middle ones lanceolate, obsoletely toothed : 

 upper ones linear-lanceolate, quite entire ; stems erect, gla- 

 brous ; panicles dichotomous. Q. H. Native country un- 

 known. Perhaps a species of Valerianella. 



Panicled Fedia. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. The seeds of the species of Fedia only require to be 

 sown in the open border in spring, like other hardy annuals. A 

 light soil suits them best. 



VII. PLECTRITIS (from TrX^/crpoc, plektron, a cock's spur; 

 in reference to the flower being gibbous in front). D. C. coll. 

 mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 631. Valerianella sect. Plectritis, Lindl. 

 bot. reg. no. 1095. 



LIN. SYST. Tridndria, Monogynia. Margin of calyx straight, 

 quite entire. Tube of corolla furnished with a short spur at the 

 base, and gibbous in front ; limb 5-cleft, bilabiate. Stamens 3. 

 Capsule cartilaginous, 1 -celled, 2-winged ; but the capsule may 

 be truly said to be 3-celled, the 2 empty or abortive cells 

 forming the wings. A glabrous herb, with a habit between 

 Centranthus and -Fedia, but the flowers are triandrous, and the 

 fruit is singularly distinct. Flowers monoecious, rose-coloured, 

 crowded, in whorles. Bracteas multifid, with subulate seg- 

 ments. 



1 P. CONGE'STA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 631.) Q. H. Native of 

 the north-west coast of America, on the banks of streams and 

 moist rocks, along the shore near the mouth of the Columbia, 

 where it was collected by Douglas. Valerianella congesta, 

 Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1095. 



Var. ft, minor (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 291.) leaves narrow. 

 Q. H. Native along with the species. Valerianella parviflora, 

 Dougl. mss. 



Crowded-Romered Plectritis. Fl. July. Clt. 1826. PI. | to 

 1 foot. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown where 

 the plants are intended to remain in the open border. 



