VALERIANE^E. IX. VALERIANA. 



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places. Valeriana macrophylla, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 25. Flowers 

 white, tinged with red. 



Alliaria-leaved Valerian. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



34 V. MONTA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 45.) plant glabrous or a little 

 hairy, erect ; lower leaves oblong or obovate, obtuse, a little 

 toothed, on long petioles : upper ones lanceolate, acute ; corymbs 

 at length panicled ; fruit smoothish. Tf.. H. Native of Europe, 

 on the mountains. Jacq. austr. 3. t. 269. vind. 202. D. C. fl. fr. 

 no. 3319. Dufr. val. p. 46. V. montana, a, V. saxatilis, and 

 V. Phu, Lapeyr. abr. p. 18. Scheuch. itin. 1. p. 51. Roots 

 horizontal. Stems simple. Flowers white, tinged with red. 



Var. /3, rotundifblia, (D. C. fl. fr. 1. c.) stems more humble ; 

 lower leaves roundish. I/ . H. Native of Europe, on high 

 mountains. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1825. Lodd. bot. cab. 317. V. 

 rotundifolia, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 283. V. intermedia, Sternb. et 

 Hoppe. bot. ges. 2. p. 89. 



Var. y, cuspidata, (D. C. prod. 4. p. 636.) stems humble, 

 nearly naked : lower cauline leaves ovate, acuminated, undi- 

 vided or subtrifid. 1. H. Native of Abruzzo, on the Ap- 

 penines. Val. cuspidata, Bert. ined. 



Mountain Valerian. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1748. PI. 1 to 

 If foot. 



35 V. ALPE'STRIS (Stev. in mem. soc. nat. mosc. 5. p. 342.) 

 radical leaves ovate, almost quite entire, obtuse : cauline leaves 

 tripartite or ternate, acute : upper ones linear, entire ; flowers 

 capitately corymbose ; pappus of calyx equal to the achenia in 

 length. 3{.. H. Native of Siberia, about the fountains of the 

 rivers Sentelek, Uba, and Ina ; and of Caucasus, in alpine mea- 

 dows. V. montana, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 25. no. 67. 3. p. 28. 

 Schultes, mant. 1. p. 258. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 121. no. 2. The 

 whole plant is glabrous. Corymbs coarctate when in flower, but 

 rather loose while in fruit. 



Alp Valerian. PI. 1 foot. 



36 V. SAXA'TILIS (Lin. spec. 

 p. 45.) radical leaves on long 

 petioles, elliptic, 3-5-nerved, un- 

 divided, or a little toothed, cili- 

 ated : cauline leaves few, small, 

 linear ; stems erect ; corymbs 

 racemose; fruit glabrous, y.. 

 H. Native of the Alps of 

 France, Austria, Italy, &c. Jacq. 

 austr. 3. t. 267. vind. 204. D. 

 C. fl. fr. 4. no. 3324. Bert, 

 amoen. ital. p. 326. Krok. sil. 

 no. 52. t. C Pluk. phyt. t. 

 232. f. 2. Root blackish, very 

 sweet-scented, and when chewed 

 leaving a bitterness on the 

 tongue. The whole plant shin- 

 ing, and about half a foot high, with the stems subdivided at top. 

 Flowers white, often dioeco-polygamous. 



Rock Valerian. Fl. July. Clt. 1740. PI. \ foot. 



37 V. SUPINA (Lin. mant. p. 27.) leaves undivided, ciliated, 

 on short petioles : radical ones obovate : cauline ones lanceolate ; 

 corymbs coarctate ; bracteas ciliated ; fruit glabrous. If. . H. 

 Native of Carinthia and Tyrol, on the alps. Jacq. misc. austr. 

 2. t. 17. f. 2. Roam. fl. cur. f. 3. Sturm, fl. germ, with a figure. 

 Dufr. val. p. 47. V. supina, Willd. exclusive of the synonymes 

 of All. Ard. spec. 2. t. 13. Root scentless. Stems 1-2 inches 

 high. Peduncles of corymbs opposite. Flowers white, tinged 

 with red. 



Supine Valerian. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. PI. ^ foot. 



38 V. SALIU'NCA (All. ped. 1. p. 3. t. 70. f. 1.) plant gla- 

 brous ; leaves spatulate or obovate, obtuse, entire, on short peti- 



FIG. 115. 



oles : cauline leaves sometimes tridentate at the base ; stems 

 short ; flowers disposed in capitate corymbs ; fruit oblong, gla- 

 brous. Tf.H. Native of Savoy, Vallais, Piedmont, Dauphiny, 

 Italy, on the higher alps. Dufr. val. p. 47. V. supina, D. C. 

 fl. fr. 4. no. 3323. but not of Jacq. V. Celtica, Vill. dauph. 2. 

 p. 285. but not of Lin. Root acrid, sweet-scented. Flowers 

 sweet-scented, white, tinged with red. 



Lavender Valerian. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. PI. to \ ft. 



39 V. CE'LTICA (Lin. spec. p. 46.) plant glabrous; leaves 

 quite entire, obtuse : radical ones obovate : cauline ones linear ; 

 stems simple ; flowers disposed in interrupted racemose spikes ; 

 fruit hairy. %. H. Native of France, Italy, Illyria, Carinthia, 

 Switzerland, &c. on the alps. Jacq. coll. 1. t. 24. f. 1. vind. 

 203. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3322. Dufr. val. p. 47. Val. saxatilis, 

 Vill. ex Poir. J. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 203. with a figure. Roots 

 sweet-scented, black. Stems 1-2 inches high. Flowers white 

 inside, and reddish outside. Eastern nations procure the roots 

 of this plant from the mountains of Austria to aromatize their 

 baths. 



Celtic Valerian. Fl. June. Clt. 1748. PI. \ to \ foot. 



4. Stems herbaceous. Radical leaves undivided; cauline 

 ones tripartite or pinnatifid. 



* Species natives of Europe. 



40 V. GLOBULARI^FO'LIA (Ram. in D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 236.) 

 plant glabrous, glaucescent ; radical leaves petiolate, ovate, quite 

 entire, obtuse ; cauline ones pinnate : lobes or leaflets of the 

 lower leaves obovate, of the superior ones linear ; corymbs short, 

 coarctate, subracemose ; fruit oblong, glabrous. I/ . H. Native 

 of the Pyrenees, on rocks ; and of Spain, on Mount Pinnafu- 

 rado. Dufr. val. p. 41. no. 4. and no. 5. V. heterophylla, Lois, 

 fl. gall. 1. p. 21. t. 2. but not of Baumg. V. glauca, Lapeyr. 

 abr. V. rupicola, Lag. var. 2. p. 212. gen. et spec. 2. no. 16. 



Globularia-leaved Valerian. PI. 1 foot. 



41 V. INTERME'DIA (Vahl, enum. 2. p. 9.) plant glabrous, 

 erect ; lower leaves on short petioles, cordate, quite entire : 

 cauline ones tripartite, with lanceolate quite entire lobes ; 

 corymbs at length panicled. T(.. H. Native of the Pyrenees. 

 V. montana y appendiculata, Lapeyr. abr. p. 19. V. tripteris 

 /3, integrifolia, Arn. in litt. Perhaps a variety of V. montana or 

 V. tripteris, or a hybrid between these two species. Flowers white. 



Intermediate Valerian. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 foot. 



42 V. TRI'PTERIS (Lin. spec. p. 45.) plant glabrous, erect ; 

 radical leaves petiolate, cordate or ovate, toothed ; cauline ones 

 sessile, tripartite, with ovate-oblong or lanceolate lobes, which 

 are toothed a little ; corymbs panicled at length ; fruit glabrous. 

 1J. . H. Native of Europe, in rocky places on the mountains, 

 as of Austria, Carniola, Dauphiny, and Piedmont. Jacq. austr. 

 3. t. 268. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 36. var. aand/3. Pluk. 

 phyt. t. 231. f. 7-8. Barrel, icon. t. 742. Root brov^ 

 strong smelling. Flowers white, in loose corymbs. 



are varieties of this plant having the radical leaves cordate or 

 ovate, and the stem ones more or less divided, toothed or cut ; 

 lobes or leaflets of the upper leaves linear, undivided. 



Three-winged-leaved Valerian. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1752. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



43 V. SAXI'COLA (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 49.) root creeping ; 

 stems nearly terete ; radical leaves oblong or ovate, quite entire ; 

 lower cauline leaves petiolate, trifid or tripartite: lobes linear or 

 oblong : uppermost leaves linear, sessile, entire ; flowers herma- 

 phrodite, corymbose, crowded. 1. H. Native of Western 

 Caucasus, among alpine rocks. 



Rock Valerian. PL 1 foot ? 



44 V. PYRENA'ICA (Lin. spec. p. 46.) plant downy, erect ; 

 stems striated ; lower leaves large, petiolate, cordate, unequally- 

 toothed ; superior ones pinnate, having the 1-2 lower pairs of 



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