36 TH. 0. B. N. KROK, 
subadpresse, suborbiculares, mucronate, tote apice et nervo dorsali herbaceis exceptis 
membranacer, venose, glabre, remote at longe ciliate, capsulis tantillum longiores. Ca- 
psule parve — vix ultra 17 longe — tomentose facie postica carinata v. planiuscula, 
lateraliter prominula; facie antica inferne rimosa superne profunde excavata; loculi ste- 
riles fertili subequales vel latiores, septo parvo introrsum contigui. Calycis limbus 47—4y” 
latus, ex apicibus capsul&e tribus continuatus, prioris viridior, demum totus membranaceus 
lobis apice spe rufescentibus. Corolle limbus pallide purpureus, demum ceruleus tubo 
albido-purpureo v. ceruleo; staminum filamenta colore tubi, limbo breviora; anthere flav2e; 
stigma trifidum. 
Icones nostre ad exemplaria viva culta. 
Obs. Species heecce, V. discoideam referens, ab ea bene est distincta limbo caly- 
cino, qui quidem in hac est maximus, cyma, corolla aliisque. — Nomen Fedicw nervatce 
Hocust. & STEUD. quidem antiquius est; sed quum hi nusquam, quantum scimus, hanc 
exposuerint, nomen recentius, cui optima addita est descriptio, retinendum putavimus. At 
capsulam bilocularem esse minus recte contendit Boissier. 
39. Valerianella vesicaria. — Ic. nostr. Tab. IV, fig. 39. 
Valeriana Locusta 6 vesicaria LINN., Sp. Pl. 
V. capsula prioris, antice calycis limbum versus sulco orbiculari capsula breviore 
notata; calycis limbo globoso-inflato, 6-dentato dentibus triangulari-subulatis, horizontaliter 
inflexis. 
Syn. Pseudovaleriana annua halepensis vesicaria MOoRISON, Pl. Hist. Oxon. 3, p. 105. 
Valerianella cretica, fructu vesicario TOoURNEF., Coroll. Instit., p. 6; BoErH., Ind. alter Plant. Hort. Lugd. 
BAT Pp: dORCUmfac: 
Valeriana Locusta B vesicaria caule dichotomo, foliis lanceolatis serratis, calycibus inflatis LINN. 1. c., ed. 1 
(1753), p. 33; EJusp. Mant. alt., p. 319. 
Valerianella vesicaria MoEncH, Method., p. 493; DuFRr. 1. c., p. 60; BETCKE 1. c., p. 19; DE C., Prodr. 1. c., 
p. 628; BeErToL. 1 c., p. 194; Guss., Fl. Sic. Syn. I, p. 31; KocH 1. c. ed. 2, p. 374; Sov.-WILL. 
in Gren. et Godr. 1. c., p. 66. — Valeriana WILLD., spec. pl. I, p. 183; SiBrH. & SmM., Fl. greca I, 
p. 25. — Fedia VAHL 1. c., p. 20; StEv., Obs. Pl. Ross. 1. c., p. 352; Woops 1. c., p. 431. 
Icon. " VAILL. 1. c., f. 24; ” SiBTE. & Sm., Fl grec. I, tab. 34; + Durr. 1 c., tab. III, fig. 9 (mala); 7” RCcHB, 
Pl. crit. cent. 1, tab. LXX (fig. 139: haud bona et demtis floribus ceeruleis) atque Ic. 1. c., DCCXVI (1412); 
+ BETCKEE 1. c., fig. 9 (loculi steriles bipartiti); "DE C., Mém. Valér., pl. III, fig. 8; ' Sov.-WiLL., Ess. 
mon. Val. Fr. in Extr. 1. c., fig. 11 et in Guill. 1. c. fig. 11 (haud bone quoad analysin); " MuTtEL 1. c., 
Fig. 217 (e vix recta); ” Woops 1. c., fig. 23 (loculi steriles bipartiti). 
Ezxsice. DE HELDR., Herb. Grec. norm. 597! Korscey, Pl Pers. austr. 168, 201 a! et Iter Syriacum 799! et 
1150! (sine nomine specifico); BALANsaA, Pl. d'Orient, 1854, n. 228! et 1855! (sine numero) atque 1857, 
n. 1260! GAILLARDOT, pl. Syrie! (sine numero). 
Habit. in arvis et incultis apricis Luropce meridionali-orientalis, Africee borealis et Åsice 
meridionali-occidentalis v. c. in Gallia mediterranea circa Massiliam! (herb. FRIES, 
SOYER-WILLEMET); Italia! (herb. Bero) [ad Pachynum Sicilie (JAN ex BERTOLONI 
et GussonE)l; Grcecia [in Attica! (SPRUNER, ÅEFEVRE, DE HELDREICH, alii) haud 
. rara; ins. Scio! (BRUGUIERE et ÖLIVIER in herb. Mus. Berol.) atque Creta! (ToUzr- 
NEFORT, alii)]”"). — In Asia Minori [v. ce. cirea Smyrnam (!) Joni et Ouchak alt. 
”) In Belgia [circa montes Hannovie (DESMAZIERES) et Leodinum (LEJEUNE & COURTOIS)] sec. CREPIN intro- 
ducta jam evanuisse videtur. — Etiam inter Dalmaticas plantas fide PORTENSCHLAGERI, FEUEREGGERI et EBELII 
recensita at sec. VISIANI ibi haud reperta est. — Aliis pluribus in locis [v. c. cirea Nions Delphinatus et 
Bourbonne-les-Bains (VILLARS), prope Beauvais (GrRAvEs)] olim collecta nunc frustra queeritur. 
