ITALIAN CORN-SALAD 



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ITALIAN CORN-SALAD 



Valerianella eriocarpa, Desf. Mdche cFItalie, Rtgence. 



Native of Southern Europe. Annual. This species is easily 

 distinguished from the Common Corn-salad and its varieties by 

 the much lighter colour 

 and greater length of its 

 leaves, which are slightly 

 hairy, and somewhat 

 toothed on the edges to- 

 wards the base. Seeds 

 more or less pale brown, 

 flattened, convex on one 

 side and hollowed out on 

 the other into a deep 

 channel, and surmounted 

 by a sort of collar shaped 

 like a twisted paper bag. 

 Their germinating power 

 lasts for four years. This 

 variety is thought very 

 highly of in the south of 

 Europe, where it does not run to seed so soon as the Common 

 kind, but in the neighbourhood of Paris it has the drawback of 

 being somewhat sensitive to cold. Its culture and uses are exactly 

 the same as those of the Common variety. 



Italian Corn-salad ( natural size). 



Lettuce-leaved Italian Corn-salad. 



Lettuce-leaved Italian Corn-salad. Leaves spreading on 

 the ground, broad, rounded, and a very peculiar golden tint. The 



