200 



XLIV. VALERIANACE^. 



[ Cenfrdnthus. 



Ord.XLIV. VALEEIAN^ACEiE J-mm. 



Cahjx-hthe adnate with tlie ovary; the limb toothed o. o 

 thickened margin at the top of the ovary, at length unfd2 

 Hito a feathery pappus. Corolla with 3-6 lohe.? ol^jt^l 

 1 perfect cell and often 2 or 3 abortive ones. i^mYdTv iS 

 hiscent, 1 -seeded. ^S-^^^ pendulous. — Leaves oJotv.^/v^ 

 .^^/^.^ -Tonic and bittel- herbs; the roolTused^^Tell^^^^^^^ 



.verfu] <„.pnt . fKnc. .P Nardostachys Jatamansi conl 



stipules. 



stitute the Spikenard of the ancients". 



1. 



2. 



3. Fkdia, 



Cextraxthus. Stam. 1. Cor. spurred. Fruit with a feathorvn.r. 

 VAuauAXA Stam 3. Cor. giSbous. Fruit wlfh\ fStt J ;X' 



fetam. 3. Cor. gibbous. Fruit crowned with uoequalteeth. 



1. Centranthus De Cand. Spur-Yalerian. 



wJf?''''" f^'lf^' '^'"''^'^ ^* ^^'^ ^^^^- '^^«"'- 1- Fruit crowned 

 with a featliery pappus. - ^t,,,,,^ f^,^^^^ ^^^ ™ 



avdoc^ ^flower. ^ -^ ' ^^^ 



,.u;i.^;t. * T'^fr ^ ?• (^^^ 'S'.) ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, spur 

 much shorter tlmn the tube of the corolla and twice as loni as 

 the ovary. Valeriana L. : JE. B. t. 1531. ^ 



Chaik-plts and old walls in Kent, Isle of Wiglit,&c. 7f. 6 g 



sji Mi^nuy toothed, i^/ott-ers fine deep rose co our or white arrano-prl 



n numerous undateral cymose spikes! Its native count y is the £ 



treme south of Europe, and N. of Africa. ^ ^' 



[C. Calcitrapa Dufr. has been naturalised at Eltham in Kent.] 



2. Valeriana Linyi. Valerian. 

 ' .^^'''-/-cjeft, gibbous at the base. Stam. 3. 



1. V. dioica L. (5;?.aZZ ^^z^,.,^ K) ; flowers imperfectly di- 

 cecious, root-leaves ovate-spathulate stalked,' those of the stem" 

 lyrate-pinaatifid, fruit glabrous. E. B. t. 628. 



Marshy meadows, frequent. 



Fruit 



G 



8 inches high. 



4-- 5, 6'. — TJooif creeping. 

 J^eaves more or less serrate. 



Stern 



Flowers of a pale 



-£^. _S. 



rose-colour. 



i;-.fv\7"ir^"'''"?fi^-,^^r^ r^^ ^-^ ' stem sulcate stoic 

 leaves all pmnaffid, leaflets lanceolate nearly uniform. 



- ^ ower and' mllffr^T? ^^"^^"- ^' ^^^S^stifolia Ta^^cA. 

 /^. lower and middle petioles erect close-pressed leaflets 



4-5 pairs dentate-serrate. V. sambucifolia M ' 



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