68 TH. 0. B. N. KROK, 
Icones nostre partim ad exempl., que distribuit ipse SULLIVANT, partim ad ar- 
chetypum ejusdem, quod misit ill. A. Gray. 
Obs. In icone nostra b', imagine archetypi Sullivanti, septum fere totum abest; in 
capsulis junioribus semper adest, at sec. Sullivant et A. Gray in capsulis adultis evanescit 
hoc septum, quod denegare quidem non possumus at in capsulis, quas secuimus plures, 
hujus septi nec quedam pars nec totum abfuit. — Capsule atque loculi fertilis magni- 
tudine prope V. Woodsianam collocanda erat, sed umbilico antico sequenti maxime affinis. 
26. Valerianella turgida. — Ice. nostr. Tab. III, fig. 26. 
Fedia turgida STEvEN in Mém. Mosc. 5. 
V. capsula orbiculari, antice applanato-excava umbilico, pariete membranaceo in- 
signi, capsula sepissime 2quilongo et Aquilato notata; loculis sterilibus divergentibus, s2e- 
pissime introrsum tantum contigws, fertili triplo majoribus. 
Syn. PFedia olitoria STEVEN, Decas pl. nond. descr. Iber. et Ross. merid. in Mém. Mosc. II, p. 178 ex ipso (non 
postea nec aliorum). 
Fedia turgida fructu glabro subhemispherico tricocco hinc concavo, apice obtusissimo StEv.! Observ. Pl. Ross. 
in Mém. de la Soc. des Natural. de Mosc. 5 (1817), p. 345 sec. spec. orig. in herb. auctoris, Mus. 
Holm., Berol., Vindob. etc.; M. A BiEB.! 1 c. III (Suppl), p. 28 (excel. syn. DE OC.) sec. spec. orig. 
in herb. Mus. Vindob. — Valerianella BETCKE 1. c., p. 14; SrtEV.! Annot. bot. 1. c., p. 279 e suo 
ipsius herb. 
Valerianella turgida et V. trigonocarpa DE C., Prodr. 1. ce. (1830), p. 626 et 628. — Fedia Woops 1. c., 
p. 430 et 431 (diagn. DE OC. transscripta). 
Icon. " BetcEr 1. c., fig. 8; + Woops 1. c., fig. 28. 
Ezsice. TcHiHATCHEFF, pl. As. Min. an. 1858, N:o 824 (ex TCHIHATCHEFF; n. v.) 
Habit. in herbidis et hortis, marginibus agrorum e. s. p. Europe orientali-meridionalis et 
Asie Minoris: in Italia ad Romam (Woops), Groecie prov. Attica! (SPRUNER in 
herb. Fries, DE HELDREICH sec. STEVEN), Turcie prov. Thracia pr. Constantinopo- 
lin (CASTAGNE ap. DE C., STEV.); in Rossia meridionali [in districtu Bachmutensi 
Gub. Catharinoslav! (D. GRAFF sec. STEV., herb. STEV.); in peninsula Taurize passim 
v. c. cirea Sympheropolin! (StEv., M. A BIEBERSTEIN), inter ruinas veteris Chersonesi 
et in valle Sudak! (StrEv.)]; in Caucaso (M. A BIEBERST.). — In Asia Minori [in 
Ponto inter Samsum et pag. Tehelu, montosis silvaticis (TCHIHATCHEFF)]. — Floret 
primo vere et sepe iterum ad autumnum. 
Herba tota V. carinate simillima, pusilla (4—6-, culta tamen usque 10-pollicaris). 
Caulis inferne angulatus angulis pilis raris quidem at longis, superne pilis brevioribus ob- 
sessis, fere ad vel ultra dimidiam altitudinem simplex, dein semel vel bis dichotome di- 
visus, nonnumquam inde a basi dichotomo-ramosissimus ramis ramulisque patentibus vel 
divaricatis. Folia glabra et nitida, subtus fere pallida; inferiora oblongo-attenuata, 
integerrima; media oblongo-attenuata vv. sessilia, integra, nervo dorsali et margine 
basin versus ciliata; superiora basi dilatata, semiamplexicaulia, integra sepius basi 
remote dentata, pubescentia mediorum obsessa. Cyme capitate, pauciflore, laxiuscule; 
flores solitarios in dichotomia tantum subsumma vidimus. Bractee sub anthesin sub- 
erectze, dein patulze, capsulis initio longiores, oblongo-lineares, herbacee (basi tantum pau- 
lulum scarioso-marginatze), glabre, pilis brevibus ciliate. Capsule facile deciduzx, magni- 
tudine variabiles (plerumque ultra 1” long&e; majores: Valerianella turgida P macrocarpa 
C. A. Mey.! Hort. Petrop. 1854, p. 8), tricocee, primum sepe puberule, dein omnem 
