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VALERIANE^E. IX. VAIERIANA. 



66 V. POLEMONOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 3S2.) plant downy ; stems herbaceous, erect, terete ; leaves pin- 

 nate : leaflets oblong, on short petioles, quite entire, rather 

 fleshy, smoothish above ; panicle much branched ; genitals in- 

 closed. Tf. F. Native of the kingdom of Quito, between 

 Hambato and Llactacunga. Corolla glabrous, gibbous at the 

 base, white. 



Polemonium-like Valerian. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



67 V. DECUSSATA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 42. t. 70. f. b.) 

 plant herbaceous, downy ; stems erect, striated ; leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, a little denticulated : the terminal 

 one rather the largest ; panicle loose, divaricate, downy ; stamens 

 nearly inclosed. If. . F. Native of Peru, among rocks, and in 

 hedges. Peduncles decussate. Corolla small, white. 



Decussate-Tpeduncled Valerian. PI. 3 feet. 



08 V. FOLYSTA'CHYA (Smith, icon. ined. 3. t. 51.) plant gla- 

 brous, erect ; stems a little striated ; leaves pinnatifid, with 

 linear quite entire acute segments ; racemes compound, elon- 

 gated, composed of opposite spikes. Native of Buenos Ayres, 

 in moist places, where it was collected by Commerson. Vahl, 

 enum. 2. p. 5. Astrephia polystachya, Dufr. val. p. 51. Oli- 

 gacoce polystachya, Willd. herb. Corolla hardly gibbous at the 

 base. 



Many- spiked Valerian. PI. 2 feet. 



69 V. SORBIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 332.) stems herbaceous, erect, terete, rather pilose below ; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets sessile, ovate-oblong, cuneated at the base, 

 coarsely serrated, glabrous ; panicle much branched ; stamens 

 inclosed; style exserted. If.- F. Native of Mexico, on the 

 western declivities of mountains between Valladolid and Paz- 

 cuaro. Corolla glabrous, gibbous at the base, white. 



Mountain- Ash-leaved Valerian. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



70 V. SANGUISORBIFOLIA (Cav. icon. 5. p. 456.) plant herba- 

 ceous, glabrous ; stems prostrate at the base, and erect at the 

 apex ; leaves pinnate ; petioles naked almost to the middle ; 

 leaflets sessile, ovate, few-toothed, equal ; panicle racemose, ob- 

 long, rather loose. If. . F. Native of the Cordillera of Chili. 

 V. sanguisorbae, Pers. ench. 1. p. 37. Flowers white. 



Burnet-leaved Valerian. PI. 1 foot. 



71 V. GLAU'CA (Poepp. pi. exsic. no. 127.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous ; stems terete, naked at the apex ; leaves glau- 

 cous, pinnate : leaflets obovate-oblong, toothed, those at the 

 base of the petiole small, and those at the top of the leaf larger 

 and confluent; branches of panicle opposite, trichotomous ; 

 bracteas linear. if.. F. Native of Chili, where it was collected 

 by Poeppig. Allied to V. sanguisorbcefolia, but the petioles 

 are almost leafy to the base. Leaflets narrowed into the petioles. 



Glaucous Valerian. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



72 V. VIRGA TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 42. t. 66. f. b.) 

 plant suffruticose, almost glabrous ; stem much branched, striat- 

 ed, rather downy ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets entire or bifid, with 

 linear bluntish entire lobes ; corymbs panicled, with dichoto- 

 mous branches, bearing a sessile flower in each fork ; stamens 

 exserted. I? . F. Native of Peru, in the province of Canta, 

 among broken rocks. Flowers white. 



Twiggy Valerian. PI. 3 feet. 



73 V. GLOBIFLORA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 43. t. 65. f. b.) 

 plant herbaceous, humble, hispid on one side ; stems striated, 

 hardly longer than the leaves, almost naked ; leaves pinnate : 

 leaflets sinuately toothed ; flowers capitate ; bracteas spatulate, 

 membranous. Tf. . F. Native of Peru, on the alps in the pro- 

 vinces of Tarma and Canta. Corollas white. 



Globe-flowered Valerian. PI. A to \ foot. 



74 V. LYRA'TA (Vahl, enum. 2. p. 4.) plant herbaceous, gla- 

 brous ; stem bearing 2 leaves ; radical leaves lyrate ; leaflets 

 oblong, dentately serrated : the terminal one rather pinnatifid : 



those of the cauline leaves linear-lanceolate ; peduncles tricho- 

 tomous. 11 . F. Native of Peru. 



Lyrate-leaved Valerian. PI. -y to -| foot. 



75 V. INTERRU'PTA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 42. t. 67. f. a.) 

 plant herbaceous, glabrous ; stems many, erect, bearing 2 oppo- 

 site bipinnatifid leaves under the corymb, which is trichoto- 

 mous ; radical leaves pinnate-parted, and appendiculately tooth- 

 ed between the lobes ; segments linear or oblong, unequally 

 bluntly and coarsely toothed ; stamens exserted. If. . F. Na- 

 tive of Peru, on the alps in the province of Tarma at Diezmo. 

 Astrephia interrupta, Dufr. val. p. 51. Flowers capitate, ses- 

 sile. Bracteas linear. 



Interrupted-leaved Valerian. PI. ^ foot. 



76 V. CRI'SPA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 27. but 

 not of Ruiz et Pav.) leaves fleshy : inferior ones laciniately 

 pinnatifid, with acutely toothed curled segments ; fructiferous 

 panicle coarctate ; fruit cordately ovate, plano-convex, broadly 

 marginated, with a longitudinal elevated line in front, and 3 

 lines on the back ; pappus plumose, united by a membrane at 

 the base. Native of Chili, about Conception. V. pterocarpa, 

 Hook, et Arn. 1. c. 



Curled-leaved Valerian. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



77 V. CERATOPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 333. t. 276.) plant glabrous ; stems herbaceous, terete, striated ; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets hastately trifid, sessile, with linear acu- 

 minated segments ; corymbs dichotomous ; genitals exserted ; 

 fruit downy. If. . F. Native of Mexico, in high plains near 

 Chapoltepec. Val. dichotoma, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, 

 ined. Corolla downy outside, gibbous at the base, white. 



Horn-leaved Valerian. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



78 V. TOLUCCA'NA (D. C coll. mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 640.) 

 plant glabrous, herbaceous, erect ; stem nearly terete ; leaves 

 pinnate, with 3-4 pairs of membranous repandly toothed leaves, 

 with an odd one : those of the upper leaves very narrow ; pa- 

 nicle loose, elongated ; lateral corymbs dichotomous ; flowers 

 sessile in the forks ; fruit oblong, downy. If. . F. Native of 

 Mexico, in the valley of Tolucco. Very like V. Hardmickii, 

 but differs in the stem and leaves being quite smooth, in the 

 segments of the leaves being more ovate, in the corymbs being 

 dichotomous, and in the fruit being oblong. 



Tolucca Valerian. PI. -| to 2 feet ? 



79 V. MEXICA'NA (D. C. coll. mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 640.) 

 plant herbaceous, glabrous, erect ; stems rather angular ; leaves 

 pinnate, with 2 pairs of oblong leaflets, and an odd one : 

 the latter is larger and ovate, and usually auricled at the 

 base, but all are repandly toothed ; panicle loose, elongated, 

 having the lateral branches elongated and trichotomous ; sta- 

 mens exserted ; fruit ovate, scabrous. H. . F. Native of 

 Mexico, about the city, where it was collected by Berlandier. 

 Very nearly allied to V. Hardwickii and V. Toluccana, but is 

 distinguished from both by its angular stem. 



Mexican Valerian. PI. -j to 2 feet? 



* * Species natives of Asia. 



80 V. LESCHENAU'LTII (D. C. mem. vii. prod. 4. p. 640.) 

 radical leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, hairy on both 

 surfaces ; stems erect, simple, glabrous between the joints, but 

 the joints are pilose ; cauline leaves remote, small, sessile : up- 

 per ones pinnately divided into 3-5 linear glabrous lobes, the 

 terminal lobe the longest ; corymbs contracted ; fruit villous. 

 If. . F. Native of the East Indies, on the mountains of Ani- 

 gueda, where it was collected by Leschenault. Stem 2 feet 

 high. Radical leaves with the petioles, hardly 2 inches long. 

 Habit of V. dioica. 



Leschenault' s Valerian. PI. 2 feet. 



81 V. RE'PENS (Wall. cat. no. 434.) the whole plant is 



