CLASS III.— TRIANDEIA. 



Order 1. — Monogynia. 

 f Flowers sicperiort complete, 



£9. VALERIANA. L, {Valerian,) 



Calix 0, or minutely marginal, at length 

 evolved in a plumose pappus. Corolla mono- 

 petalous, tubular, somewhat tunnel form, cal- 

 carate or gibbous at the base, limb 5-c!eft. 

 Seed I, usually crowned with the calj^ine pap- 

 pus. (^Stamens exserted I, 2, 3, and 4.) 



Flowers for the most part in terminal corymbs or pani- 

 cles. 

 Species. 1. F. paucifora.\ 



30. FEDIA. Goertner, 



Calix 3 or 4 toothed. Corolla tubular, 5» 

 cleft. Capsule crowned with the perisient ca- 



f Radical leaves entire, cordate crenate petiolate; stem- 

 leaves pinnate, somewhat toothed; uppermost leaves trifoliate, 

 oval, acute; panicle scattered, corymbuli few-flowered. 



Obs. Stem 3 feet or more hig-h, smooth, sulcate, simple and 

 fistulous. Leaves smooth; foliola of the pinnate leaves 5 — 7, 

 gradually enlarging, oval, acuminate; flowers rather long, 

 (near an inch,) pale pink, triandrous, with a short spur or gib- 

 bosity near the base; bibracteaie, border 5-parted, lamina oval, 

 obtuse, stamens exserted; seed elliptic, flat, on either side 

 marked with 3 longitudinal strix near the centre; at lenj^th 

 comose. This species appears to be nearly allied to F Phu, 

 but distinct in V Phu the radical leaves are oblong, and ge- 

 nerally entire, the stem-l^-aves pinnatifid, the pinnula lanceo- 

 late, and very entire; the lanui.se of the corolla also are crenu- 

 late; and the stigmata 3. (There are many species of this^e^ 

 §us ID South America.) 



