VALERIANACEM. 



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In Peru Astrephla chcerophjlloides ^ and coarctata ^ are indicated as 

 antispasmodic and vulnerary. ValeriaiuUa, the leaves of which are 

 generally soft and insipid, is scarcely used except as a potherb, 

 particularly F. oUtoria,^ and secondarily V, coronata,* eriocarpa,^ cari- 

 natcif^ Auricula,'^ dentata,^ Morisonii,^ and samolifolia Bert, from Chili. 

 The Valerianacece cultivated as ornamental are Gentranthus, Valeriana^ 

 Fedia. and Patrinia. Centranthus ruher and angustlfolius, chiefly the 

 former, are considered of southern origin, but have become naturalized 

 not only in the north of the continent, but even in England, where 

 they remain on the walls of old edifices. 



1 DuFii. ex DC. Prodr. iv. 629, n. \.—V. chce- 

 rophylloides Sm. — V. laciniata . K. et Pay. Fl. 

 Pel', i. t. 69, fig. a. 



2 DuFR. Valer. 50. With De Caxdolle, it is 

 a Valeriana. 



3 M(ENCH. Meth. 493.— DC. Prodr. iv. 625, n. 

 I.'— Gr. et GrODR. Fl. de Fr. ii. 58. — Fedia oUto- 

 ria Vahl. — F. Locmta Keichb. — Y. olitoria W. 

 Spec. i. 182 {Lamb's lettuce, Fr. Macke, Ger. 

 Ackersalat). 



4 DC, Fl. Fr. n. 2333 ; Prodr. n. 20. -Gr. et 

 GoDR. Fl. de Fr. ii. 65. — V. hamaia Bast. — 

 Fedia sicula Guss. — F. coronata Vahl. — V. coro- 

 nnta W. {Muche d' Italic, M. couronnee). 



5 Desvx. Journ. Bot. ii. 314, t. 11, fig. 2.— 

 DC. Prodr. n. 9. — Fedia eriocarpa Kcem. et ScH. 

 — F. campanulata Presl. — F. rugidosa Stev.' 



« LoiSEL. Not. 149.— DC. Prodr. n. 2Z.— Fedia 

 carinata Stev. 



7DC..i^^. Fr. Suppl. 492; Not. Valer. t. 3, 

 fig. 6; Prodr. n. 14.— JVc^ta olitoria G^ertx. 

 {Oreillette). 



8 DC. Fl. Fr. n. 3331; Prodr.n. 15.— F. den- 

 tata 'W.— Fedia deniata Vahl. Enum. ii. 20. 



» DC. Prodr. n. 11.— i^^^ia dentata Bier.— i^'. 

 dasycarpa Stev. Me,n. Mosc. v. 318, — 'F. Mori' 

 sonii Spueng. Pugill. i. 4, 



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