62 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. III. 



grow in dry situations, are preferred to those of the others. Cats are 

 powerfully affected by the odour of the root. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 698. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 43. 55. 

 4. V. pyrendica. Heart-leaved Valerian. Leaves heart-shaped, ser- 

 rated, stalked, the uppermost pinnated. Two or three feet high : 



flowers pale rose-coloured. Pereunial : flowers in July : grows in moist 

 woods in various parts of Scotland, where however it is probably not 

 indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiii. pi. 1591. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 44. 56. 



2. FE'DIA. CORN-SALAD. 



Calyx consisting of three or four small teeth. Corolla of one 

 tubular petal, with a protuberance at the base; limb divided into 

 five obtuse segments. Filaments borne upon the tube ; anther 

 roundish. Germen inferior, roundish, three-celled. Style thread- 

 shaped ; stigma notched. Capsule membranous, three-celled, 

 crowned by the permanent calyx. Seeds solitary, egg-shaped. 

 Named from fedus, a kid. 18. 



1. F. olitoria. Common Corn-Salad, or Lamb's Lettuce. Capsule 

 nearly globular, smooth, inflated, crowned with the three inflected teeth 



of the calyx, of which one is much larger ; flowers in heads. Stem 



about six inches high, repeatedly forked, furrowed : lower leaves tongue- 

 shaped, stalked, stem-leaves sessile, obtuse, sometimes a little toothed : 

 flowers pale blue, in round heads ; with linear, often divided bractene at 

 their base. Annual : flowers from April to June : grows in corn-fields, 

 and among rubbish : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 811. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 45. 57. 



2. F. dentata. Smooth-fruited Corn-Salad. Capsule egg-shaped, 

 smooth, ribbed in front, taper-pointed, crowned with the prominent cup 

 of the unequally four-toothed calyx ; flowers in corymbs, with a sessile 



one in each fork of the stem. Stem about ten inches high, repeatedly 



forked : leaves narrower than in the last, the upper ones more toothed : 

 flowers flesh-coloured, in loose corymbs, with smaller ones in each fork 

 of the stem. Annual : flowers from April to June : grows in corn-fields 

 and hedge-banks : not uncommon. The young leaves of this and the 

 preceding species may be used as salad. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1370. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 45. Two varieties with hairy capsules have been 

 described as distinct; the one has the cup of the calyx small, with three 

 teeth, F. misla, Brit. Fl. ed. 2. p. 23 ; the other has the cup of the calyx 

 large, with five unequal teeth, F. eriocdrpa, Brit. Fl. ed. 2. p. 24. Both 

 these varieties are of rare occurrence. 58. 



3. F. Auricula. Sharp-fruited Corn-Salad. Capsule egg-shaped, 

 smooth, somewhat inflated, slightly grooved in front, taper-pointed, 

 crowned with the single tooth of the entire limb of the calyx ; flowers 



in corymbs, a sessile one in each fork of the stem. Annual : flowers 



from April to June : grows in fields and hedge-banks : rare. Near 

 Hastings and Bristol. Jersey. Inverkeithing, Fifeshire. Brit. Ft. 

 ed. 4. p. 22. 59. 



4. F. carinata. Keel-fruited Corn-Salad. Capsule oblong, smooth, 

 keeled, crowned with the single straight tooth of the limb of the calyx. 



Annual: flowers from April to June: discovered by Mr. J. E. 



Bowman on a hedge-bank in Shropshire. Jersey. Brit. Fl. ed. 4. 

 p. 22. 60. 



