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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



from that named V. Dioscoridis,'^ V. dioica,^ a small species from 

 our marshy fields, may be employed in the same way as V. officinalis; 

 as also may F. pyrenaica,^ tuherosa,^ tripteris,^ montana,^ italica,^ 

 asarifoUa,^ samhucifolia,^ saxatilis,^^ European species, V, capensis,^^ 

 V. japonica,^'^ Wallichii,^^ and Hardwichii,^^ Indian species, and V. 

 sitchensis,^^ from N. America. V. celtica,^^ saliunca,^'^ and some others, 

 constitute the Celtic Nard, a medicine formerly celebrated, a con- 

 stituent of Theriaca and still employed as a perfume, but must not 

 be confounded with the Indian Nards. The latter are distinguished 

 as the true Nard, which is the stock of Nardostaclujs Jatamansi ^^ (fig. 

 397-399), a precious perfume and stimulant medicine, formerly 

 esteemed, for which was often substituted the false Nards, attributed 

 to another Nardostachys ^^ from the same countries and even to some 

 Valerians. Centranthiis ruber "^ (fig. 409) is said to have the same 

 properties as the Valerians ;^^ its young shoots are sometimes eaten. 



^ SiBTH. et Sm. Fl. Grac. i. 24, t. 33.— Lindl. 

 loc. cit. 472. 



2 L. Spec. 44.— DuFR. Valir. 29.— Hayn. loc. 

 cit. t. 31.— PoiT. et TuRP. Fl. Par. t. 41.— Gk. 

 et GoDR. loc. cit. 55. — F^. sylvestris Gray. — V. 

 montana "Wahl. (Small V. Marsh V. — Fhu 

 mino7\ V. paltistris off.) 



3 L. Spec. 636.— Sow. Engl. Bot. t. 1591.— 

 DC. Frodr. iv. 636, n. 42.— Grex. et Godr. loc. 

 cit. 55. — Pluk. Almag. t. 232, fig. 1. 



♦ L. Spec. 46.— DC. Prodr. n. 46.— Grek. et 

 Godr. loc. cit, 55. 



5 L. AS^y^c. 45.— Jacq. Fl. Jusfr. t. 268.— DC. 

 Prodr. n. 41. — V. intermedia Vahl. 



6 L. Spec. 45.— DC. Prodr. n. 34.— F. cuspi- 

 data Bertol. — V. intermedia Sternb. 



^ Lamk. III. i. 92.— DC. Prodr. n. 43.— F. 

 tuberosa Imp. Hist. Nat. (ed. 2) 656 icon. 



* DuFR. Valer. 44. 



» MiK. Eodm. et Sch. Syst. i. 351. 



'0 L. Spec. 45 (not Lap. ?). — Jacq. Fl. Austr. 

 t. 267.— DC. Prodr. n. 35. 



i» Thunb. Fl. C"p. 33.— Harv. and Sond. FL 

 Cap. iii. 40. (Its indigeneity at the Cape is 

 doubtfully revoked.) 



^■•' Bl. ex RosENTH. op. cit. 256. 



13 DC. Not. VaW: t. 4 ; Prodr. n. 75. 



1* Wall. Roxb. Fl. Ltd. i. 466.— DC. Prodr. 

 n. 76. — V. Hardwickiana K(em. et Sch. Muntiss. 

 i. 259.—? V. elata Don, Irodr. Fl. Nepal. 159 



(ex DC). 



1'' Bong, ex Rosenth. op. cit. (A species 

 considered very active by the Russians.) 



16 L. Spec. 46.— Jacq. Coll. i. t. 24, fig. 1.— 

 DrFR. Valer, 47.— DC. Prodr. iv. 636.— Mer. 

 et Del. Diet. Mat. Med. vi. 828. — Guib. loc. cit. 

 71, fig. 591. — Rosenth. op. cit. 255. — F. saxa- 

 tilis ViLL. (ex PoiR.). [Spica celtica off.) 



17 All. Fl. Pedem. i. 3, t. 70, fig. 1.— DC. 

 Prodr. n. 37. — F. supina DC. (not Jacq.). — F. 

 celtica Vill. (not L.) Dauph. ii. 285. (Its pre- 

 sence in Karda celtica has been questioned.) 



18 DC. Not. Valer. t. 1 ; Prodr. iv. 624, n. 1. 

 — RoYLE. III. Himal. 243, t. 54.— Lindl. Fl. 

 Med. 471.— Guib. loc. cit. 74, fig. 592, 593.— 

 Rosenth. op. cit. 253. — F. Jatamansi Jon. ^s. 

 Pes. ii. 405 ; iv. 109.— Lamb. ///. Cii,ch. 177 

 (1797).— F. Spica Vahl, Fnum. ii. 13 (1806).— 

 Patrinia Jatamansi Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 159. 

 — NardmGcKKC. Arom. 133. — N. indica 3. Bauh. 

 Stst. iii. p. ii. 202 [Spica Nardi, Nardus Gangi- 

 tis, Spicai/ard, Spikenard). 



19 N. grandiflora DC. loc. cit. t. 2 ; Prodr. n. 

 2. — Fedia grandiflora^ kiAj. 



20 DC. Fl. Fr. iv. 239.— Dufr. Valir. 39.— 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 632, n. 3. — C. maritimus Gray. 

 — C. latifolius Dufr. — V. rubra L. (part) Spec. 

 44 {Red Valerian^ Cornaccia). 



21 These properties are ascribed to C. avgvs- 

 tifolius DC. and Calcitrapa Dufr. {Valir. 39). 



