434 DIPSACE-fe VALERIAN ACEiE. 



DiPSACus, Tournef. {DC. pr. 4, p. 645;— G. Don s Mill. diet. 3, p. 682; — 

 W. and A. pr. I, p. 444.) 

 \.st/lvestris. Mill. {DC. I. c. ; — G, Don. I. c. ;—E. B. 15, /. 1032; — 

 Jacq. fl. austr. t. 402. — D. vulgaris, Gmel. — D. fullonum, Thor. ; — 

 not Mill.) cf' Europe. Siberia. Flower-heads very large, florets small, 

 bluish-purple. Introduced in 1841. 

 2.inermis, Wall. {DC. pr. 4, 646.) Nepal. 1818. 

 ScABiosA, L. {DC. pr. 4, p. 654 ;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 3. p. 689.) 



1. stellata, L. {DC. o. c. p. 655 ; — G. Don. o. e. p. 690 ; — Scabiosa rotata, 

 Bieb. — Succisa stellata, Monch. — Asterocephalus rotatus, Spreng.) 

 Q Fields along the Mediterranean. Flower-heads middle-sized, florets, 

 whitish-bluish, small, C. S. ; fr. April. 



2. atropurpurea, L. {DC.pr. 4, p. 657 ;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 691 ; 

 — B. M. 7, t. 247 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 94 Succisa atropur- 

 purea, Monch. — Sclerostemma atropurpureum, Schott. — Asterocepha- 

 lus atropurpureus, Spreng.) © Native country unknown. Cultivated 

 in gardens. Flower-heads large ; florets smallish, dark purple, Feb. 

 and March ; fr. H. S. 



Morina persica, L. % Persia. Syria. Asia Minor. — Dipsactts fullonum, 

 L. ; E. B. 29, t. 2080. <f- England. S. Europe.— i>. pilosus, L. ; E. B. 

 13. t. 877. cf' Europe. — D. asper. Wall. Khassya Mountains.— 

 Cephalaria transylvanica, Schrad. © S. Europe. — Knautia orientalis, 

 L. ® Levant. — K. hybrida, Coult. © S. Europe. — K. arvensis, Coult. 

 (Scabiosa arvensis, L. ; E. B. 10. t. 659.) 2f. Meadows of Europe. — 

 Pterocephalus papposus, Coult. © Portugal. Spain. Greece. — P. 

 plumosus, Coult. © Levant. — P. lusitanicus, DC. % Portugal. — Sea- 

 biosa micrantha, Desi. ® Tauria. Armenia. — S. maritima,h. ® 0^ S. 

 France. — S. Columbaria, L. ; E. B. 19, t. 1311. %. Europe.— S. suc- 

 cisa, L. ; E. B. 13, t. 878. %. Europe. 



ORDER CLXXXVIII.— VALERIANACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 265. 



THE VALERIAN TRIBE. 



Herbs, by DC. pr. referred to 11 genera. Of these according to the 

 same author, 53 species belong to S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies ; 

 41 to Europe ; 6 to N. America ; 6 to Iberia, Dahuria, Tauria, and Cau- 

 casus ; 3 to the Levant ; 3 to Siberia ; 2 to the Straits of Magellan ; 1 to 

 Falkland Islands ; 1 to N. Africa ; 1 to S. Africa ; and 1 to Japan. In the 

 E. Indies, according to DC. and Royl. ill. have been discovered 16 species; 

 viz. 2 of Nardostachys ; 13 of Valeriana i and 1 of Triplostegia ; — of which 



