OM VALERIANEZ. 1. VALERIANELLA. 33 
Caps. subglobosze, a lateribus vix compressiusculze; loc. steriles parietibus crassiusculis septo seepe crasso 
distincti, fertili vix majores . . =. ss. ss = ss «os « « « VV. Costata BETCKE 
(incl. = gibbosa TIN.) 
Sect. IV. CORNIGERAE Sor.-Winz. (emend.). 
Capsule biformes pericarpio hic illic spongioso: cymarum curvul&e triloculares, di- 
chotomiarum lineares rect&e abortu 1-loculares persistentes; calycis limbus tricornis. — Pa- 
lzogere vix ultra regionem Mediterraneam progredientes; tote glabre. 
Caps. cymarum persistentes suboblonga, irregulariter costata sulcateeque; loculus posticus sterilis mini- 
mus, lateralium insequalium et FR alter fertilis (!); dentium apicis inzequalium alter 
lateralis longissimus, recurvus —. . - > V. echinata DE C. 
» — cymarum SN ovato- EU ceterum prioris; lock Pösticus fertilis, laterales steriles inze- 
quales, fertili minores . . + + OF Soyeri BUCHING. 
»  cymarum . . ., oblonga, antice concavee; Toc. ante steriles inzequales, sejuncti, postico (fertili) 
vix minores; dentes apicis recti,-laterales zequales . . . . . JV. lara Boiss. & Bar. 
»  cymarum  facile deciduze, orbiculari-ovatae, antice concavee; loc. antici steriles pariete membra- 
naceo sequales, iutrorsum contigui, postico (fertili) multo majores; deutes apicis prioris: 
V. orientalis Boiss. 
B. Bractee margine glanduloso-serrulate; corolle tubus longisstmus. 
Sect. V. SIPHONELLA Torr. & GRr. (sub Fedia). 
Capsule uniformes suborbiculares, antice concav2e; loculi steriles introrsum contigui, 
fertili majores; calycis limbus obliteratus. — Herb Americe boreali proprize. 
Corollze tubus limbum multoties superans; bractese lanceolate . . . . . JV. longiflora WALP. 
» » » duplo triplove superans; bractea ovatoslanceolate . . V. Nuttallii WALP. 
DESCRIPTIO SPECIERUM. 
A. Bractee margine wntegre rarius partim serrulate, ciliate eciliateve; 
corolle tubus brevis (Valerianelle genuine). 
Sect. I. PSILOCCELA (Dr C.). 
Capsule uniformes pericarpio haud spongioso (exc. V. tuberculata); loculi steriles 
filiformes sejuncti, fertili multo minores, rarissime (in quibusdam Physocolis) basi tantum 
convergentes. 
Psilocoele DE CANDOLLE, Prodr. Syst. Nat. 4, pag. 626 (excel. V. echinata). 
" Trib. I. SCHIZOC(CEL/E KROK. 
Capsule subtetragonee, antice ") concave, recte; loculi steriles sub lente tantum con- 
spicui, semper sejuncti; calycis limbus campanulatus; bractese late scarioso-marginatee, ci- 
liate; pedicelli non incrassati; cyme globosee. 
Plante vernales, Europam orientali-australem et Orientem inhabitantes. 
1.  Valerianella hirsutisstma. — Ice. nostr. Tab. I, fig. 1. 
LINK in Lion. IX. 
V. calycis limbo capsula longiore latioreque, fere ad basin in lacinias 12—00 lon- 
gissimas, subulatas, pectinatas et apice uncinulatas, tubo calycis longiores partito. 
”) vel faciem anticam dicimus eam capsule partem, qua -sunt loculi steriles; postice (f. posticam), qua loc. fertilis. 
K. Vet. Akad. Handl. B. 5. N:o 1, 
