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B. Bractece margine glanduloso-serrulate; corolle tubus longissimus. 
Sect. V. SIPHONELLA (Torr. & GR.). 
Capsule wuniformes, suborbiculares parietibus tenuissimis, antice concavee, postice 
convexe&e; loculi steriles introrsum tantum subcontigui ceterum divergentes, fertili majores; 
calycis limbus oblitteratus; corolla tubus filiformis, limbus vix irregularis. — Herbe Americee 
boreali proprie. ; 
Siphonella TorrREyY & Gray, Fl. North Amer. II, p. 50 (sub Fedia); WALPERS, Repert. Bot. Syst. tom. II, 
p. 527. 
Hec sectio inter Valerianellam (sect. Platycelarum) et Fediam omnino est inter- 
media, que illi capsulis, limbo corollze, staminibus stigmateque, huic tubo congruit. — 
Bractee singulares, corolle tubus, ceterarum dissimilis, stylus staminaque longissima pro- 
prium genus indicant; a cl. NUTTALL in Plectritin (P. longifloram et P. spathulatam NuTT. 
mscr. apud Torr. & Gr. 1. c.) he dux adhuc cognite species referuntur: | 
46. Valerianella longiflora. — Tc. nostr. Tab. IV, fig. 46. 
Fedia longiflora Torrey & Grav, F1 N. Amer. II. 
V. corolle tubo limbum multoties superante; bracteis lanceolatis, margine glandu- 
lose fimbriato-serrulatis. 
Syn. Fedia ligulata RAFINESQUE, New Flora of N. Amer., 4 part.: Neo-bot. of N. Amer. (1836), p. 68? 
Fedia longiflora: tube of the corolla filiform, many times longer than the limb or the ovary; fruit with a 
nearly orbicular outline, nearly glabrous, minutely 3-toothed at the summit; the teeth which crown 
the empty cells obscure and incurved; flowers in glomerate cymules; bracts lanceolate, glandularly fim- 
briate-serrulate Torr. & Gr.! 1. c. (1841), p. 51 sec. spec. ab ill. A. Gray commun. — Valerianella 
WaLPERS, Repert. Bot. Syst. tom. II, p. 527. 
Habit. in planitiebus Americee borealis [Arkansas! (NUTTALL) et Louisiana? (RAFINESQUE)]. 
Herba glabra, 6—12-pollicaris. Caulis superne pluries dichotome divisus. Folia 
circiter pollicaria; inferiora oblongo-spathulata, superiora lineari-oblonga, integra. Cyme 
glomerate. Bractew glabre, capsulis multo longiores. Capsule, V. patellariam referentes 
at paulo minores — 1” circiter longe —, glabriusculze, suborbiculares, sectione transver- 
sali subsemilunares loculo fertili sublineari partem dorsalem capsul&e minorem occupante, 
in medio 1-costato, striis a sterilibus distineto, apice in denticulum obsoletum continuato; 
loculi steriles introrsum tantum subcontigui, curvati, fertili majores. Corolla circiter 3-pol- 
licaris tubo purpurascente, filiformi, limbo albo ceterarum Valerianellarum paulo majore. 
Stamina et stylus exserta. 
Icones nostre ad specimen quod misit ill. A. GRAY. 
Obs. Hujus nulla nec completa exempla vidimus nec culta. Utrum illam an se- 
quentem an utramque nomine Fedie ligulate respexerit RAFINESQUE certo dijudicare non 
audemus, qua ex re nomen quo usus est ille retinere non potuimus neque Fediam hemi- 
oidem Ezusp. (1. c.) ut cognosceremus nobis contigit. 4 
47. Valerianella Nuttalliz. 
Fedia Nuttallii TorreyY & Gray, FI. N. Amer. II. 
V. capsulis et bracteis prioris at his ovato-lanceolatis, corolle tubo limbum duplo 
triplove superante. 
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