VALERIANE^E. IX. VALERIANA. 



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3 V. SPATULA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 40. t. 68. f. b.) 

 plant tufted ; stems many, simple, 2-edged ; leaves linear-spatu- 

 late, obtuse, downy, hardly ciliated ; corymbs capitate, terminal, 

 involucrated ; corollas S-5-cleft; genitals exserted. If.. F. 

 Native of the alps of Peru, at Bombom, in the province of 

 Tarma. Phyllactis spatulata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 39. The co- 

 rolla is said, in the text of the fl. per., to be 3-cleft, but it is 

 drawn 5-cleft in the figure ; however, in the specimen examined 

 it is obviously 3-cleft. Flowers white. 



Sf>atulate-]ea\ed Valerian. PI. |- foot. 



4 V. OBOVATA (Schultes, mant. 1. p. 214.) plant stemless, 

 tufted ; root fusiform ; leaves disposed in a stellate manner, 

 linear-spatulate, obtuse, hairy ; flowers umbellately capitate, in- 

 volucrated. I/. H. Native of North America, on dry hills 

 on the banks of the Missouri, about Arikares. Phyllactis obo- 

 vata, Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 21. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Obovale-\ea\ed Valerian. PI. tufted. 



SECT. II. ARETIA'STRUM (from Aretia and astrum, an af- 

 fixed signification, like ; the plants contained in the section have 

 the habit of species of Aretia). D. C. prod. 4. p. 633. Co- 

 rolla 4- 5-cleft, with a long tube. Flowers yellow, few, hidden 

 among the upper leaves. Leaves imbricate, coriaceous, thick, 

 quite entire. Stems fruticulose. Perhaps a proper genus. 



5 V. ARETIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 324.) 

 stems suffruticose, tufted, rather procumbent ; leaves imbricated, 

 linear-terete, fleshy, glabrous, dilated at the base, and ciliated ; 

 flowers 1-S-together, terminal, sessile ; corollas 4-5-cleft ; sta- 

 mens exserted. I/ . F. Native of Quito, on the tops of the 

 Andes. Corolla yellow, glabrous, with a very long filiform tube. 

 Style inclosed. Fruit unknown. 



Aretia-like Valerian. PL procumbent and tufted. 



6 V. SEDIFOLIA (D'Urv. fl. mal. p. 44.) stem suflfruticose, 

 spreading ; branchlets ascending, short ; leaves imbricated, 

 thick, coriaceous, retuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, very 

 minutely ciliated ; flowers 5-7, terminal, propped by the leaves ; 

 corolla 5-cleft ; stamens equal in length to the corolla. 1. F. 

 Native of the Falkland Islands, upon nearly naked rocks on 

 Mount Chatelux. Flowers yellow. 



Stone-crop-leaved Valerian. PL tufted. 



SECT. III. PHU, or VALERIA'NJE VERJE (this section is sup-^"-- 

 posed to contain the true species of Valeriana). D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 633. Corolla 5-cleft, usually white, rarely red or bluish. 



1 . Stems suffruticose, not climbing. Leaves undivided. 



7 V. ALYPIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 325.) 

 stems shrubby, procumbent ; leaves spatulate, fleshy, quite gla- 

 brous, approximate ; heads of flowers pedunculate ; corolla 5- 

 cleft ; style exserted ; stamens inclosed. ^ . F. Native of 

 the kingdom of Quito, in frigid places at the foot of Mount An- 

 tisana, atChussulongi. Habit of Globularia cordifblia. Flowers 

 white. Allied to V. spatulata. 



Alypum-leaved Valerian. PL procumbent. 



8 V. MICROPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 325. t. 275.) stem shrubby, erect ; branches terete, clothed with 

 fine down ; leaves obovate-oblong, quite entire, 3-nerved, rather 

 coriaceous, downy above ; panicles crowded ; corolla 5-cleft ; 

 genitals inclosed ; fruit glabrous. Tj . F. Native on the Andes, 

 about Pasto, in frigid places. Corolla white, with a red throat. 



Small-leaved Valerian. PL 1 foot. 



9 V. CONNA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 89. t. 67. f. c.) 

 stem shrubby, ascending, much branched, with 2 rows of down ; 

 leaves lanceolate, connate, quite entire, glabrous, ciliated at the 

 base ; corymbs compact, opposite, almost sessile, disposed in an 

 interrupted raceme; stamens equal in length to the corolla, 



VOL. III. 



which is 5-cleft. ^ . F. Native of Peru, in the province of 

 Tarma, at Diezmo, among rocks. Flowers small, white. 

 Connate-leaved Valerian. Shrub 2 feet. 



10 V. auADRANGULA v Ris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 326.) stem suffruticose, and is as well as the branches qua- 

 drangular, glabrous, pilose at the nodi ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 denticulated at the base, triple-nerved, rather fleshy, glabrous ; 

 corymbs dichotomous, divaricate ; corolla 5-cleft ; stamens in- 

 closed ; fruit glabrous. Tj . F. Native of Peru, on the Andes. 

 Corolla red, gibbous at the base. Pappus about 14-rayed. 



Quadrangular -branched Valerian. Shrub. 



1 1 V. TRIPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 326.) branches woody, terete, glabrous ; branchlets angularly 

 furrowed ; leaves 3 in a whorl, sessile, lanceolate-oblong, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous ; heads by threes, axillary and terminal, pedun- 

 culate ; corolla 5-cleft ; stamens exserted. fj . F. Native of 

 New Granada, near Santa Fe de Bogota, in frigid places on the 

 mountains. 



Three-leaved Valerian. Shrub. 



12 V. HIRTE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 327.) 

 stem suffruticose, terete, hairy ; branchlets hairy ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, 3-nerved, somewhat coriaceous, rather pi- 

 lose above, and glabrous beneath ; panicles much branched ; fruit 

 glabrous. Tj . F. Native of the Andes of Quito, on the top 

 of Mount Assuay. Flowers unknown. Pappus 6-8-rayed. 



Hairy Valerian. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



13V. CHAM*DRiFoLiA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 3. p. 

 129.) stem shrubby, erect, downy at the tops, and densely leafy; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, coarsely and bluntly serrated ; panicles 

 straight, pyramidal ; corolla 5-cleft ; genitals about equal in 

 length to the corolla. I? . F. Native of the interior of Brazil. 

 Flowers small. Fruit unknown. 



Germander-leaved Valerian. Shrub. 



2. Stems scandent, shrubby, rarely herbaceous. Leaves 

 undivided. 



14 V. TOMENTOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 327.) 

 shrubby, scandent ; branches terete, clothed with hoary tomen- 

 tum ; leaves ovate, cordate, denticulated at the base, membran- 

 ous, downy above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; 

 corymbs axillary, pedunculate, dichotomous ; corolla 5-cleft ; 

 genitals exserted. >2 . G. Native of the temperate parts of 

 Quito, in the valley of Choto. Corolla small, white, gibbous at 

 the base. Fruit unknown. 



Tomentose Valerian. Shrub cl. 



15 V. CLEMATI'TIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 327.) shrubby, scandent ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, triple-nerved, almost quite entire, membranous, smooth- 

 ish ; panicles much branched, divaricate ; corolla 5-cleft ; geni- 

 tals exserted. Pj . G. Native of New Granada and Quito, in 

 alpine situations. Link, jahrb. 1. pt. 3. p. 67. Schultes, mant. 

 1 . p. 262. Corollas downy outside. 



Clematis-like Valerian. Shrub cl. 



16V. CUASSIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 328. t. 274.) shrubby, scandent; branches terete, glabrous; 

 leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse, quite entire, rather fleshy, gla- 

 brous ; corymbs trichotomous, divaricate ; corolla 5-cleft, pilose 

 outside ; stamens inclosed ; style exserted. J? . G. Native of 

 New Granada, in frigid places, near La Erre and Sebondoi. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Thick-leaved Valerian. Shrub cl. 



17V. LAURIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 328.) shrubby ; branches terete, glabrous, tetragonal while 

 young; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, rather 

 coriaceous, quite glabrous and shining ; panicles branched, with 

 the branchlets and bracteas downy. Jj . G. Native of New 

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