66 TH. 0: B. N. KROK, 
Obs. 2. Diversissima auctorum judicia de Valeriana Locusta & radiata Linnari fiant 
necesse est; utrum ad hanc nostram speciem referenda sit an potius nomen collectivum 
quasi formarum sistat, que tempore Linne et sequentium in Europam misse sunt, e de- 
sceriptione Linneana concludi non potest. Quod nobis probabilius videtur idque eo mani- 
festius apparet, quoniam botanici etiam Americani nomine Fedie radiate plures bene di- 
stinctas species interdum distribuerunt vel descripserunt. — An Valerianella radiata 
MozrncH (Method. p. 493) nostra sit, nescimus; WILLDENOW tamen veram V. radiatam ante 
oculos habuisse specimen herbarii ejudem nos edocuit; plures tamen auctores, quorum 
synonymia est conferenda, hoc nomine V. olitoriam (v. c. DE CANDOLLE, Prodr.) vel V. 
carinatam (v. ce. LINE, Enum. Pl hort. Berol.) respexerunt. 
Obs. 3. ”In planta forenti folia suprema corymbos quasi ut involucrum circum- 
vallent, unde ut credo nomen radiata” (BETtCKE 1. c., p. 16). 
BP loculus fertilis faciem totam dorsalem non occupans. 
23. Valerianella Woodsiana. — Ic. nostr. Tab. III, fig. 23. 
Fedia Woodsiana TorzreyY & Grav, F1. N. Amer. II. 
V. capsula orbiculari-ovata, antice plana v. convexiuscula sulco profundo lineari 
angustoque, longitudinem capsule sxequante notata; loculis sterilibus suborbicularibus, paulo 
divergentibus, introrsum contiguis, fertili paululum majoribus. 
Syn. Fedia Woodsiana: fruit subglobose-inflated, glabrous, very slightly 1-toothed at the summit; the empty cells 
separate from top to bottom, diverging, much inflated, their transverse section nearly orbicular, much 
larger than the fertile cell, which is narrowly oblong and flattened on the back . . . TORR. & GR.! 
1. ce. (1841), p. 52, 53 sec. exempl. DRUMMONDII. — Valerianella WALPERS, Repert. Bot. Syst. tom. II, 
p. 527 (descr. Torr. & GR. partim transscripta). 
Easice. CH. WricHr, Collect. du Texas oriental, N:o 100! (in herb. DE C.). 
Habit., ut videtur rarior, in republica ZTexana! (DRUMMOND in herb. Mus. Vindob., Tuc- 
KERMAN in herb. FRIES, CH. WRIGHT) Americe borealis. 
Herba 7—12-pollicaris, imo ulnam attingens, habitu prioris at gracilior. Caulis 
striatus, inferne scabriusculus ceterum glaber, infra medium vel superne tantum dicho- 
tome divisus 'ramulis suberectis. Folia vix ciliolata; inferiora oblongo-attenuata, inte- 
gra; media oblonga itidemque integra, in exempl. altioribus basi dilatata, semiamplexi- 
caulia et grosse dentata; superiora basi dente uno alterove instructa imo inciso-dentata. 
Cyme parve, glomerate. Bractee glabre eciliateque, angustissime scarioso-marginatee, 
ovali-lanceolate. Capsule 3" longe, glaberrime pericarpio tenui sepissimeque albo; facies 
postica convexa loculo fertili, majorem faciei dorsalis partem occupante, elevato, anguste 
ovato-oblongo et in medio obsolete 1-costato; loculi steriles inflati, septo brevissimo in- 
trorsum tantum contigui, sulcis a fertili distineti angulo obtuso et evidenter 1-costato; 
apex capsul& a dorso loculi fertilis in denticulum brevissimum continuatus. Corolla exigua 
tubo brevi; stigma lobis tribus brevibus. 
Icones nostre ad exempl. Texana a Drummond collecta, a ToORrREY & GRAY ci- 
tata et nomine Fedie radiate distributa. 
Obs. Supra (p. 64 sub 7V. stenocarpa) attulimus exemplaria BERLANDIERIANA in 
herb. DE C. (similia etiam in herb. Mus. Vindob. asservantur), que a Torrey & Gray ad 
hanc speciem citantur, in illam sunt referenda; exemplaria vero DRUMMONDI, qu&e itidem 
citant auctores, in nostram speciem accuratissime quadrant. 
