246 VALERIANACEAE. 



2. Valerianella chenopodifolia (Pursh) DC. 



(Fig. 3476.) 



[Voi,. III. 

 Goose-foot Corn Salad. 



Fedia chenopodifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 727. 



1814. 

 Valerianella chenopodifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 629. 



1830. 

 Fedia Fagopyrum T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 51. 



1841. 



Glabrous, 1 -2 high. Leaves entire.or the 

 basal and lower ones repand, spatulate, ob- 

 tuse; upper stem leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, i / ~3 / long; cymes dense, W-W broad, 

 at length slender-peduncled; bracts lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate; corolla white, 

 about i // long; fruit triangular-pyramidal, 

 2." long, i // thick, glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent, the two empty cavities narrower 

 [ than the fertile one but about as deep. 



In moist soil, western New York to Virginia, 

 west to Wisconsin and Kentucky. May-July. 



3. Valerianella radiata (L,.) Dufr. 



Beaked Corn Salad. (Fig. 3477.) 



Valeriana Locnsta var. radiata L- Sp. PI. 34. 1753. 

 Fedia radiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 118. 1803. 

 Valerianella radiata Dufr. Hist. Val. 57. 1811. 



Glabrous, or minutely pubescent below, 6 / - 

 l8' high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate, 

 obtuse, entire, the upper lanceolate, usually 

 dentate; cymes 4 // -6 // broad, dense; bracts 

 small, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; corolla 

 white, i 7 '' long; fruit narrowly ovate-tetragonal, 

 finely pubescent or sometimes glabrous, i // long, 

 j4" thick, the empty cavities as thick as or 

 thicker than the beaked fertile one and separa- 

 ted from each other by a broad shallow groove. 



In moist soil, New York to Florida, west to 

 Michigan, Missouri and Texas. Called also Lamb's 

 Lettuce. May-July. 



4. Valerianella stenocarpa 



(Engelm. ) Krok. Narrow-celled 

 Corn Salad.. (Fig. 3478.) 



Fedia stenocarpa Engelm. Bost. Journ. 

 Nat. Hist. 6: 216. 1857. 



Valerianella stenocarpa Krok, Kongl. 

 Svensk. Akad. Handl. 5: 64. 1866. 



Similar to the preceding species and 

 perhaps better regarded as a variety ot 

 it. Fruit oblong-tetragonal, slightly 

 smaller, glabrous or sometimes pubes- 

 cent; sterile cavities not as thick as 

 the oblong seed-bearing one, and 

 separated from each other by a narrow 

 groove. 



Kansas and Missouri to Texas. March- 

 June. 



