4i TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Fedia. 



entire. Fl. numerous^ blush-coloured^ or whiter in large corym- 

 bose panicles. 

 This, as a medicinal plant, is but a substitute for the real 4>ou, or 

 Phu, of Dioscorides, V. Dioscoridis. Sm. Fl. Grac. Sihth. t. 33, 

 which Dr. Sibthorp ascertained in his Greek tour. 



4. V. pyrenaica. Heart-leaved Valerian. 



Stamens three. Stem-leaves heart-shaped, serrated, stalked; 

 the uppermost pmnate. 



V. pyrenaica. hinn. Sp. PI. 46. fVilld. v. 1. 179. Vahl Enum. 

 V. 1. II. Don H.Br. 77. Engl. Bot. v. 23. t. 1591. Hook. 

 Scot. 15. 



V. canadensis. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 4. 



V. maxima, cacaliae folio. Fluk. Phyt. t. 232. f. 1. 



In various woods in Scotland, particularly about Edinburgh and 

 Glasgow. G. Don, and T. Brown, M.D. 



Perennial. Jiihj. 



Stem 2 or 3 feet high, furrowed. Leaves ail variously serrated ; the 

 lower ones simple ; upper accompanied with 1 or 2 pair of small 

 lanceolate leaflets. Footstalks of the uppermost leaves, as well 

 as their ribs and margins, often dov^oiy. Fl. light rose-coloured, 

 numerous, with a short spur. The scent of the root, and pro- 

 bably its qualities,, agree with the last. 



18. FEDIA. Corn-sallad. 



Vahl Enum. v. 2. 18. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. v. 14. Hook. Scot. 12. 



Gartn. t.86. 

 Valerianella. Tourn. t. 52. 

 Valerianse species. Linn. Gen. 22. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 17. 



Cal. of 3 or 4 variously-shaped teeth, subsequently enlarged, 

 and crowning the capsule. Cor. of I tubular petal, with 

 a shoi't blunt spur at one side ; limb in 5 obtuse, rather 

 imequal, segments. Filam. 3, sometimes more, borne by 

 the tube, rather shorter than the limb. Anth. roundish. 

 Geiin. inferior, of 3 cells, roundish. Style thread-shaped. 

 Stigma notched. Caps, coriaceous or membranous, va- 

 rious in shape, not bursting, crowned with the permanent 

 calyx, usually of 2 abortive cells, and 1 fertile. Seeds 

 solitary, ovate, smooth, with a simple skm. 



Annual herbs, about a span high, with a fibrous root, forked 

 leafy stem, and opposite, mostl}' simple and smooth, leaves. 

 Fl. small, bliieish, purplish, red, or yellow. Fruit very 

 various. 



