OM VALERIANEZ. 1. VALERIANELLA. 79 
HORST sec. RCHB)], Belgia circa Leodinum! (LEJEUNE, herb. Mus. Holm.), Gallia 
boreali! rarior, centrali! passim et meridionali! sat frequens; Lusitania (auct. vet.) 
v. ce. circa Olisipponem! (C. HOocHsTETTER in herb. Mus. Vindob.); Hispania [regno 
Granat. alt. 2000 —6000' (Borssier) v. c. Sierra de Yunquera ad 5000', S. Tejeda. 
S. Nevada (WILLKOMM per litt.), Valencia (FUNK sec. WILLE. per litt.), pr. Madti- 
tum! (PeETR. LoEFLING in herb. Mus. Holm., alii), Carucedo, Vierzo, Valladolid (J. 
LaAnGE) Castell&e, Caceres (SCHousB. sec. LGE) Exstremadure; circa Aranda del 
Conde (CALAVIA sec. Losc. & PARDo) Aragonie; ad Lérida ete. (Costa sec. LGE) 
Catalaunize]; Austria [Tiroli calid.! (HAUSMANN), Hungaria! (FEUEREGGER, herb. SoN- 
DERI) cum Bannatu! (RocHEL in herb. SonNpD.), Croatia (Mary), Tramssilvania? 
(ScHuzr)]; Italia! tota cum ins. Sicilia! et Corsica (sec. NYMAN, Syll), Istria (MALY), 
Litorali (Host), Dalmatia! (PORTENSCHLAGER in herb. Mus. Vindob., alii); Groecia! 
(DE HeLbrercH), ubi V. discoidea rarior, que atque in segetibus ins. Meli (D'UR- 
VILLE) Archipelagi; Turcia [reg. Ornarekaer Serbie (PAncic), Thracia (SIBTEORP, 
GRISEBACH)]; Tauria! meridionali admodum rara (STEVEN, D'URVILLE, PARREYSS); 
Somchetia et Karabagh! (HOHENACKER in herb. SOND., SzoviTs in herb. STEv.) Ge- 
orgie caucasie; Armenia (STtev.) [v. ce prope Nachitschewan in Alyndschathal et 
Ilanglidagh (BuusE)]. — Asia Minori [boreali (C. KocH), ad sinum Smyrnicum! (Ba- 
LANSA) et in declivitate merid. m. Tmoli inter pagos OÖvadjik et Kizilkalessi, alt. 
c. 300 metr. (TCHIHATCHEFF) Lydie; in planitie pr. pag. Kulukessa, reg. lapid., 
alt. c. 1030 metr. (TCHIHAT.) Lycaonize]; Syria! (G. EHRENBERG in herb. Mus. Be- 
rol. s. n. Fedice cephalophore; STREv.). — In Africa boreali [in Atlante, agro Alge- 
riensi et Tunetano (DESFONTAINES). 
Herba magnitudine variabilis: usque pedalis et ultra at sepe humilior. Caulis an- 
gulatus striatusque, inferne pubescens superne glabriusculus, basi simplex dein bis vel ter 
raro pluries dichotome divisus ramis patenti-divaricatis. Folia pallide viridia, ciliata; in- 
feriora oblongo-attenuata, integra; media linearia v. lineari-lanceolata, basi utringue in2e- 
qualiter dentato-imcisa raro subpinnatifida vel integra dente uno tantum alterove instructa 
(qualem deseribunt auctores V. hamatam); superiora anguste linearia. Cymce parve&e, den- 
siflore, ad maturitatem capitate. Bractew patentes, capsulis maturis paulo longiores, late 
ovate, latissime membranaceo-marginate, longe at remote ciliate. Capsule usque 13” 
longe, pilis albis incumbentibus undique dense vestite facie postica convexiuscula, a 1o- 
culo fertili tofa occupata, lateraliter evidenter, in medio obsolete costata, facie antica pla- 
no-concava sulco inter loculos steriles variabili; loculi steriles basi triangulares fertilique 
paulo minores, in medio sublineares fertilique subequales, introrsum contigui, lateraliter 
obsolete 1-costati sulcisque a fertili distincti. Calycis limbus 6-lobus (calycem 5-partitum 
habet Host FI. Austr., quod nemo nisi ille .vidit) lobis indivisis, semper uncinatis, 
quibus rarissime interponitur alius minor pariter uncinulatus. Corolla plerisque hujus 
tribus major, pallide purpurea limbo subrotato, tubo albido extusque basin versus pube- 
rulo; filamenta albida antheris flavis; stigma 3-fidum. 
Icones nostre ad exemplaria viva culta. 
Obs. 1. Distincta occurrit jam apud Patres, sed et lobi calycini sunt apud illos 
male descripte vel depicte et in libris auctorum etiam hujus nostre setatis (VAL, WILL- 
DENOW in En. pl. h. Berol., LOISELEUR, DUFRESNE atque ROEMER & SCHULTES) spe di- 
