62 TKIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. III. 



grow in dry situations, are preferred to those of the others. Cats 



are powerfully affected by the odour of the root. Eng. Bot.yol. x. 



pi. 698. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 43. 55. 



4. V. pyrendica. Heart-leaved Valerian. Leaves heart-shaped, 



serrated, stalked, the uppermost pinnated. Two or three feet 



high : flowers pale rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in July : 

 grows in moist woods in various parts of Scotland, where however 

 it is probably not indigenous. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiii. pi. 1591. Eng. 

 Fl vol. i. p. 44. 56. 



2. FE'DIA. CORN-SALAD. 



Calyx consisting of three or four small teeth. Corolla of one 

 tubular petal, with a protuberance at the base ; limb divided into 

 five obtuse segments. Filaments borne upon the tube ; anther 

 roundish. Germen inferior, roundish, three-celled. Style 

 thread-shaped ; stigma notched. Capsule membranous, three- 

 celled, crowned by the permanent calyx. Seeds solitary, egg- 

 shaped. Named from/edus, a kid. ' 18. 



1. F. olitoria. Common Corn-Salad, or Lamb's Lettuce. Capsule 

 nearly globular, smooth, inflated, crowned with the three inflected 

 teeth of the calyx, of which one is much larger ; flowers in heads. 



Stem about six inches high, repeatedly forked, furrowed : 



lower leaves tongue-shaped, stalked, stem- leaves sessile, obtuse, 

 sometimes a little toothed : flowers pale blue, in round heads : 

 with linear, often divided bractese at their base. Annual : flowers 

 from April to June : grows in corn-fields, and among rubbish : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 811. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 45. 57- 



2. F. dentdta. Smooth-fruited Corn-Salad. Capsule egg-shaped, 

 smooth, ribbed in front, taper -pointed, crowned with the pro- 

 minent cup of the unequally four-toothed calyx ; flowers in 



corymbs, with a sessile one in each fork of the stem. Stem about 



ten inches high, repeatedly forked : leaves narrower than in the 

 last, the upper ones more toothed : flowers flesh-coloured, in loose 

 corymbs, with smaller ones in each fork of the stem. Annual : 

 flowers from April to June: grows in corn-fields and hedge-banks: 

 not uncommon. The young leaves of this and the preceding spe- 

 cies may be used as salad. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1370. Eng. Fl. 

 voL i. p. 45. Two varieties with hairy capsules have been 

 described as distinct; the one has the cup of the calyx small, 

 with three teeth, F.mixta, Brit. Fl. ed. 2. p. 23 ; the other has the 

 cup of the calyx large, with five unequal teeth, F. eriocdrpa, Brit. 

 Fl. ed. 2. p. 24. Both these varieties are of rare occurrence. 58. 



3. F. Auricula. Sharp-fruited Corn-Salad. Capsule egg-shaped, 

 smooth, somewhat inflated, slightly grooved in front, taper-pointed, 

 crowned with the single tooth of the entire limb of the calyx ; 



flowers in corymbs, a sessile one in each fork of the stem. 



Annual : flowers from April to June : grows in fields and hedge- 

 banks : rare. Near Hastings and Bristol. Jersey. Inverkeithing, 

 Fifeshire. Brit. FL ed. 4. p. 22. 59. 



4. F.carinata. Keel-fruited Corn- Salad. Capsule oblong, smooth, 

 keeled, crowned with the single straight tooth of the limb of the 



calyx. Annual: flowers from April to June: discovered by 



Mr. J. E. Bowman on a hedge -bank in Shropshire. Jersey. Brit. 

 FL ed. 4. p. 22. 60. 



