OM VALERIANEJA. 1. VALERIANELLA. 65 
& dasycarpa: capsulis pubescentibus. — Ic. nostr. &. 
Syn. Valerianella marilandica, foliis oblongis obtusis Rarr Hist. Plant. 3, p. 244? 
Valeriana Locusta & radiata caule dichotomo capitulis terminalibus involucro cinctis LINN., Spec. Pl. ed. I 
(1753), p. 34? 
Valeriana radiata WIiLLD.! spec. pl. 1, p. 184 ex ejus herb.; Porret, Ene. method. Bot. 8, p. 316. — Fe- 
dia assurgens, pubens: foliis spathulato-oblongis, subintegris, fructu pubescente, sub 4-gono, apice nudo 
MicHx., Fl. bor. Amer. I, p. 18; Torr. & GR., 1. c., p. 52; A. GraAY! 1 c., p. 176 sec. spec. ab ill. 
auct. communic. — Valerianella DuFr. 1. c., p. 57 (non DE C., Prodr.); SHuTrLEW. in Flora od. allg. 
bot. Zeit. XX (1837), p. 209—10 (p. p.)? 
Icon. " SHuTTLEWORTH 1. c. Tab. III, fig. I: A, B? (non C, D, E). 
fp? leiocarpa: capsulis glabris, ovato-oblongis, loculis sterilibus subparallelis, fertili 
paulo minoribus. — Ic. nostr. 6. 
Syn. Valerianella radiata BETCKE 1. c., p. 15? 
Fedia radiata B? leiocarpa TORR. & GR. I. c. 
Icon. " BercKr 1. c., fig. 17? (pars capsule postica imprimis mala). | 
Habit. in locis humidis dumetisque Americe borealis: a Nova Yersea! (WRANGEL in herb. 
BeErceu) ad Michigan (D:r PITCHER sec. TORREY & GRAY), Ohio! (FRANK, ÅA. GRAY, 
BucKLEY), Illinois (D:r BRENDER), circa St. Louis! (RIEHL in herb. Mus. Vindob. 
et herb. SONDERI, ENGELMAN in herb. Mus. Berol.) reipublice Missouri usque ad 
Louisianam occid. (Torr. & Gr.) et Floridam! (TORR. & GR., CABANIS in herb. 
Mus. Berol.); republ. Texana? (SHUTTLEWORTH) — 6 cum forma primaria in Caro- 
lina bor. (Torr. & GR.), circa St. Louis! reipubl. Missouri forma &« vulgatior (EN- 
GELM.); in valle fluv. Rio Grande infra Donana reipublicge Tezanwe! (Mex. Bound. 
Survey in herb. Mus. Berol.). — Floret Martio—Aprili—Majo- 
Herba 6—15-pollicaris. Caulis inferne presertim puberulus, superne glabriusculus 
, S , 
parce dichotome divisus ramis sepissime suberectis. Folia plerumque subeiliata; inferiora 
oblongo-spathulata, integerrima; media oblonga, integra vel basi dente uno alterove in- 
SS , , (STU 
structa; superiora lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, integra sepe basi grosse dentata. Cyme 
dense. Bractee lanceolate, anguste scarioso-marginate, glabre, eciliate. Capsule 1” 
longe, i” late — in £ paulo breviores et angustiores — breviter' pubescentes, in 6 ola- 
OM fa) , 
bre; facies postica superne convexiuscula inferne plana ibique in medio obsolete 1-co- 
> P 
stata, lateraliter utringue prominula; facies antica cum facie postica subequilata et xequi- 
, q , 
longa; loculi steriles, sulcis levissimis a loculo fertili distincti, fertili zequales, in 6 paulo 
minores, haud paralleli, margine curvati; apex capsul&e a dorso loculi fertilis in denticu- 
lum obtusum, loculos steriles vix superantem continuatus. Corolla sat magna, lactea v. 
, SUd, 
pallide cerulea (?) tubo haud brevi; stigma lobis tribus brevibus. 
Icones nostre ad exempl. sicca, a BUCKLEY collecta et ab ill. A. GRAY commu- 
nicata; £ ad archetypum, quod misit A. GRAY. 
Obs. 1. Hec V. carinatam orbis veteris in America boreali representat, cum qua 
multos habet characteres communes. An form&e tantum Americane V. carinate sint ha- 
bende hec et prior, dijudicare non audemus. In Americam introductam esse nonnulli 
cerediderunt, qui sine dubio V. olitoriam ante oculos habuerunt, quum V. radiata extra 
Americam nullo loco inventa est. RErtzius (Fl. Scand. Prodr. ed. 2, p. 14) quidem hanc 
etiam in Scandinavia lectam voluit, sed individua forsitan V. olitorie non satis evoluta 
respexit. — De 6 videas Obs. sub V. stenocarpa. 
K. Vet. Akad. Handl. B. 5. N:o 1. 9 
