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5. VALEEIANACEJE (Yaleriana officinalis) Valerian. 



(Cetranthus ruber) Eed Valerian. 



Valerian is indigenous, 

 growing by ditches, and 

 bearing a pink flower; 

 the root is used in medi- 

 cine, and has a most dis- 

 agreeable odour. Several 

 species are cultivated 

 as ornamental garden 

 flowers; there are about 

 125 species. 



Valerian. 



Red Valerian. 



6. DIPSACACE^ (Dipsacus fullonum) Teasel. 



The heads of the Teasel were 

 formerly used, to an enormous 

 extent, for carding cloth, and 

 were cultivated largely in some 

 parts for that purpose wagon- 

 loads of them were brought to 

 the cloth-dressers but their 

 use is now, to some extent, 

 superseded, the process called 

 "teaselling" being frequently 

 performed by machinery. 



Teasel 



