TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. IS 



41. TRITICUM. Calyx of 2 transverse opposite valves, solitary, 



many -flowered. 



40. HORDEUM. Calyx of 2 parallel valves, aggregate, ternate, 

 with 1 floret ; central flower only perfect. 



IIT. TRIGYNIA. 



42. MONTIA. Calyx of 2 leaves ; corolla monopetalous ; capsule 



with 3 valves and 3 seeds. 



I. MONOGYNIA. 



14. VALERIANA. 



1. V. dioica, radical leaves ovate ; stem a span high, its leaves 

 pinnatifid ; flowers dioecious, flesh-coloured. Marsh Valerian. 



Hob. Marshy meadows, frequent. June. I/. 



2. V. officinalis, stem 3 or 4 feet high ; leaves all pinnate, leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, nearly uniform, serrated; flowers blush-coloured, 

 in large corymbose panicles. Wild Valerian. 



Hob. Sides of water-courses and marshy places, frequent. 



July. If 



The root, particularly when the plant grows in dry places, 

 has a very peculiar disagreeable odour, and affords a medi- 

 cine of considerable value. Cats are so fond of it as to be 

 almost intoxicated by it into outrageous playfulness. 



15. FEDIA. 



1. F. olitoria, stems a span high, dichotomous; leaves linear- 

 tongue-shaped^ blunt; flowers capitate, pale blue; capsule in- 

 flated, two-lobed. Lamtfs Lettuce. 



Hal. Light rather sandy soils. Castle-hills, llavine at 

 Burnmouth ; but most abundant below the Union 

 Bridge, and about Warren. May. 



Has been long known and used as a salad herb, and lately 

 as an excellent vegetable dish for the table, dressed in the 

 manner of spinage. A small bed of rich garden-earth 

 sown with the seeds in August, or in the end of July, 

 will supply an excellent portion of salad throughout the 

 winter until April, the season when other salads are not 

 to be had. 



