VALERIANAE 



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Visitors. Herm. Miiller observed 17 Diptera, a beetle, a bee, and 3 Lepi- 

 doptera. 



1276. V. cordifolia Hoeck (=Phyllactis cordifolia Wedd.). Ricca describes 

 this species as markedly protandrous (Atti Soc. ital. sc. nat., Milano, xiv, 1871). 



1277. V. capitata Pall. Ekstam says that the flowers of this species are 

 5-8 mm. in diameter in Nova Zemlia. They smell like heliotrope, and are either 

 markedly protandrous or homogamous. 



Visitors. These are flies, including Sarcophaga atriceps Zett. 



1278. V. exaltata Mik. 



Visitors. Loew observed the Muscid Cynomyia mortuorum Z. in the Berlin 

 Botanic Garden. 



FIG. 186. Valeriana tripieris, L. (after Herm. Miiller). A. Female flower with small corolla 

 X 7). B. Stigma of ditto (X 80). C. Male flower with large corolla ( X 7). D. Ditto in longitudinal 

 section; ovary and calyx left out (X 7). a, anther; ca, calyx; gr, style; n, nectary; ov, ovary; 

 sd, nectar-cover ; si, stigma. 



1279. V. alliariaefolia Vahl. 



Visitors. Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden. 

 A. Coleoptera. Scarabaeidae : i. Cetonia aurata Z., dvg. the flowers. 

 B. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: 2. Echinomyia fera L. (b) Syrphidae: 3. Eristalis 

 tenax Z. C. Hymenoptera. Apidae : 4. Bombus terrester Z. $, skg. 



1280. V. asarifolia Dufr. 



Visitors. Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden. 

 A. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: 1. Scatophaga merdaria F. (5) Syrphidae-. 

 2. Syritta pipiens Z. B. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 3. Andrena sp. % skg. and 



