TAXONOMY 



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Inulin is present in cell sap of parenchyma. Leaves alternate, rarely 

 opposite, simple to compound, exstipulate. Inflorescence a capitu- 



PiG. 234. Valeriana officinalis Plant and rhizome. (Sayre.*) 



lum or a raceme of capitula, each capitulum surrounded by an in- 

 volucre or protective whorl of bracts, and composed of numerous 



