VALERIANE.E. IX. VALERIANA. 



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segments; flowers hermaphrodite; lobes of stigmas 2-3, minute; 

 fruit ovate, compressed, glabrous. If,. H. Native of New- 

 foundland, ex Banks, Clear-water River, ex Richards, Prairies 

 of the Rocky Mountains abundant, ex Drummond. In every 

 respect this agrees with the European V. dioica. It differs from 

 V. Phu by the smaller and shorter fruit, and entire absence of 

 the two hairy lines. 



Wood Valerian. PI. 1 foot. 



54 V. IAXIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 638.) plant glabrous, 

 ascending, suffruticose at the base ; leaves petiolate, ovate or 

 oval, with a few coarse irregularly dentately cut teeth ; florifer- 

 ous branches elongated, almost naked ; superior leaves pinnate- 

 parted, with 1-2 linear quite entire lobes on each side ; floral 

 leaves linear ; panicle loose, with opposite branches, which are 

 trifid and few-flowered at the apex. I/. F. Native of Chili. 

 Valeriana, no. 825. Poepp. pi. exsic. Fruit oblong, glabrous. 



Lax-Jlomered Valerian. PI. ascending. 



55 V. HYAHNORHIZA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 41. t. 67. f. 

 b. Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. hot. p. 28.) plant herba- 

 ceous, ratlier downy ; stems terete ; radical leaves roundish-ob- 

 ovate, crenated, entire, and auricled ; cauline ones pinnatifid ; 

 flowers corymbose ; genitals exserted ; fruit glabrous. If. . 

 F. Native of Chili. and Peru, in sandy arid places. Astrephia 

 hyalinorhiza, Dufr. val. p. 52. Oligacoce hyalinorhiza, Willd. 

 herb. Root obovate, shining, white, insipid. Corollas yellow, 

 ex Ruiz et Pav. 



Shining-rooted Valerian. PI. -J foot. 



56 V. HUMBO'LDTII (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. vol. 3.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, terete, and is as well as the leaves 

 smoothish ; radical leaves entire, roundish-elliptic, crenated ; 

 cauline leaves sessile, pinnatifidly lyrate ; panicles much branch- 

 ed ; corollas quinquefid ; stamens exserted ; fruit glabrous, 

 crowned by feathered pappus. I/. F. Native of Peru, in rocky 

 places. V. hyalinorhiza, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 331. but not of Ruiz et Pav. 



Humboldt's Valerian. PI. | to 1^ foot. 



57 V. PINNATI'FIDA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 40. t. 69. f. b.) 

 plant herbaceous, glabrous ; stems erect, simple, striated-; two 

 lower leaves lanceolate, quite entire : the rest pinnatifid, with ob- 

 long serrate-toothed lobes ; panicle loose ; lateral corymbs di- 

 trichotomous ; stamens exserted. If . F. Native of Peru, at 

 Chancay and Lima on hills. Val. brachiata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 37. Root tuberous, sweet scented, as in V. Phu. Flowers 

 white. A variety of the present plant, or a distinct species, was 

 gathered by Bertero in the grassy pastures on Mont La Leona at 

 Rancagua, in Chili. 



Pinnatifid-leaved Valerian. PI. 1 foot ? 



58 V. LEUCOCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 638.) plant herbace- 

 ous, erect, glabrous ; lower leaves on long petioles, oboval-ob- 

 long, obtuse, attenuated at the base, membranous ; cauline 

 leaves very few, small, pinnate-parted at the base, with linear 

 lobes ; panicle loose, with opposite trichotomous branches ; 

 fruit pale, glabrous, compressed. If. . F. Native of Chili. 

 Valeriana, no. 847. Poepp. pi. exsic. Stem 2 feet high. Radical 

 leaves with the petioles 10-12 inches long. Stamens not ex- 

 serted. Pappus of calyx plumose. 



White-fruited Valerian. PI. 2 feet. 



59 V. VAGINA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 331.) 

 plant glabrous ; stems tufted, simple, tetragonal ; radical leaves 

 oblong-elliptic, petiolate, toothed a little ; cauline leaves sinu- 

 ately pinnatifid, sheathed at the base, with linear pilose seg- 

 ments ; corymbs crowded ; stamens inclosed ; style much ex- 

 serted. "H. . F. Native of New Spain, in humid places near 

 Real del Monte. Corolla glabrous, gibbous at the base, white. 



Sheathe d-\eaved Valerian. PI. -J foot. 



60 V. PANICULA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 41. t. 70. 



f. a.) plant herbaceous, villous; stems many, erect, striately 

 furrowed, terete, rather 2-edged ; radical leaves undivided, cor- 

 date, acute ; cauline leaves pinnate, with 3-5 ovate acute, denti- 

 culated leaflets ; panicle diffuse ; stamens length of corolla. 

 If.. H. Native of Peru, in moist rocky places. Corollas small, 

 gibbous at the base, white. Pappus of calyx 10-rayed. 

 Panicled-fiowered Valerian. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



61 V. PAUCIFIORA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 18. Hook. fl. 

 bor. amer. 1. p. 291. t. 101.) plant herbaceous, glabrous ; stems 

 erect, simple, furrowed ; radical leaves simple, cordate, sinu- 

 ately crenated, petiolate ; cauline ones lyrately pinnatifid, with 

 5-7 segments or leaflets, those at the top of the stem trifoliate or 

 simple ; leaflets broad-ovate, acute, sinuately toothed ; panicle 

 scattered ; corymbs few-flowered ; corollas tubular ; stamens 

 exserted; fruit ovate, compressed, glabrous. %. H. Native 

 of North America, on the Alleghany mountains in shady places; 

 and in woods on the Rocky Mountains north of the Smoking 

 river, and on Wolf's plain. Nutt. gen. amer. p. 20. Pursh, fl. 

 amer. sept. 1. p. 28. Root thick, creeping, emitting fibres. 

 Stems hairy at the nodi. Flowers white, ex Nutt., pale blue, 

 ex Torrey, rose-coloured, ex Hook. Panicle terminal, cymose. 



Var. /3 ; leaflets almost entire. I/ . H. On moist rocks 

 and islands of the Columbia river. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. 

 p. 292. 



Few-jlowered Valerian. PI. 2 feet. 



62 V. IIEBECA'RPA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 638.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous ; lower leaves petiolate, obovate-oblong, coarsely 

 toothed : superior ones sessile, pinnate-parted, with lanceolate- 

 toothed lobes ; branches of panicle opposite, trichotomous ; 

 bracteas linear, obtuse ; fruit small, ovate, velvety from short 

 crowded down. 1. F. Native of Chili. Valeriana, no. 942. 

 Poepp. pi. exsic. Herb 1^ foot high. From the fruit being 

 canescent, it agrees with V, Papilla, but the fruit is 3 or 4 times 

 smaller. 



Hairy-fruited Valerian. PI. 1 foot. 



5. Stems herbaceous. Leaves all pinnate-lubed. 

 * Species natives of America. 



63 V. PAPI'LLA (Bert, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 638.) stems 

 erect, glabrous ; leaves glabrous, lyrately pinnatifid : having the 

 lateral lobes linear and entire, and the terminal one large, obovate- 

 oblong, and somewhat sinuated ; panicle trichotomous ; fruit 

 oblong, very hispid. If. . F. Native of Chili, in sandy pastures 

 along the Cachapual, at a place called St. George, where it is 

 called by the natives Papilla, and about the banks of Collina. 

 Herb 14 foot high. Pedicels pilose. Fruit large. Flowers 

 unknown. Pappus blackish. 



Papilla Valerian. PI. 1^ foot. 



64 V. PYRAMIDA'LIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 331.) plant glabrous ; stem herbaceous, terete, furrowed ; leaves 

 pinnate, with sessile ovate-cordate quite entire segments or leaf- 

 lets ; panicle much branched, pyramidal ; genitals almost in- 

 closed ; fruit oblong, glabrous. If. . G. Native on the walls of 

 the city of Quito. Corolla with a very short tube, white. 



Pyramidal-pamc\ed Valerian. PI. 3 feet. 



65 V. BRIDGE'SII (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 365.) 

 glabrous ; leaves Ivrately pinnatifid : lobes erose, curled : lateral 

 ones small, terminal one much larger ; radical leaves obovate, and 

 more entire than the rest ; panicle elongated, with opposite 

 dichotomous distant branches ; fruit ovate, glabrous. Native of 

 Chili, on the mountains and plains near Valparaiso. Very closely 

 allied to V. crispa, with a totally distinct fruit, which, in this 

 species, is not flat on one side, with a tubercle on the other, but 

 presents a tubercle which is internally spongy on both sides, nor 

 is it half so large as in V. crispa. 



Bridges's Valerian. PI. 1 to 2 feet? 



