Fedia.] VALERIANS. 139 



Dry heathy pastures, in a light gravelly soil. Fl. June, July. Q. 

 Stem six to ten inches high, branched. Flowers bright blue, in ter- 

 minal, dense, hemispherical heads, surrounded by a many leaved invo- 

 lucre. Calyx small, superior, five-toothed. Corolla in five deep and 

 narrow segments. Anthers united at the base. 



2. LOBELIA. Linn. Lobelia. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla irregular, 2-lipped, cleft longitudinally 

 on the upper side. Anthers united. Stigma hairy. Capsule 

 2 3 celled, the upper free part 2-valved. Named in honour 

 of Matthias Lobel, or L Obel, a Fleming, but naturalized in 

 England, where he published several learned botanical 

 works. Pentandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. Dortmanna, Linn. Water Lobelia. Leaves linear, 

 entire, of two longitudinal cells ; stem nearly naked. Br. FL 

 1. p. 99. E. Fl v. 1. p. 297. E. Bot. t. 240. 



Margins of lakes with clear gravelly bottoms. Plentiful at Glande- 

 lagh and Lough Dan, County of Wicklow ; lake at the base of the 

 Mourne Mountains ; lakes of Killarney, &c. Fl. July, Aug. Tf. 

 Leaves two to three inches long, a little recurved, formed of two 

 parallel tubes or cells. Scape, or almost leafless stem, flowering above 

 water, a foot or more high, according to the depth of the water. 

 Flowers pale blue, drooping. Fruit erect. 



ORD. 39. VALERIANE^E. D C. Valerian Family. 



Tube of the calyx adnate with the ovary ; limb toothed or 

 parted, or at first involute, and afterwards expanding into a 

 feathery pappus. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, often 5-lobed, 

 rarely 3 4-lobed, the lobes obtuse, the tube equal or gibbous, 

 or spurred at the base. Stamens 1 5, inserted into the tube 

 of the corolla, alternate with its lobes when of the same 

 number : anthers ovate, 2-celled. Style filiform ; stigmas 

 2 3, distinct or combined. Fruit membranaceous or bony, 

 indehiscent, crowned with the more or less persistent limb of 

 the calyx, 3-celled, with two cells empty ; or only one. Seed 

 solitary, pendulous, without albumen. Embryo straight; ra- 

 dicle superior ; cotyledons flat. Annual or perennial herbs. 

 Leaves opposite, without stipules, entire or pinnated* 



1. FEDIA. Vahl. Corn-Salad. 



Calyx small, unequally toothed, crowning the fruit. Corolla 

 monopetalous, 5-cleft, gibbous at the base. Capsule indehis- 

 cent, 3-celled, 3-seeded ; two cells generally abortive. 

 Name of Adanson, but whose meaning is not accurately 

 known : according to Smith, Fedus is synonymous with 

 Hcedus, a hid. Triandria. Monogynia. 



