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are of a pale flefh-colour : fingly they are fmall, 
but the tufts of them are large and beautiful, 
The feed is fmall, and fingle : it ftands na- 
ked, and winged with down. 
It is common in meadows, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Valeriana paluftris minor. 
Others, Valeriana fylveftris minor. 
4, Little-flowered Marfh Valerian. 
Valeriana paluftris floribus minimis. 
The root is compofed of numerous, thick 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are placed fingly on long, flen- 
der foorftalks ; and are oblong, undivided, and 
of a dufky green. 
The ftalk is upright, ftriated, not at all 
branched, of a pale green, and two feet high. 
The leaves on it are placed oppofite, and pin- 
DIVISION IL 
1. Garden Valerian. 
Valeriana hortenfis major. 
The root is long and thick: it runs obliquely 
under the furface, and fends out many fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in tufts on a kind of thick 
fhoots from the main root : thef are placed fingly 
on long, flender footftalks ; and they are oblong, © 
moderately broad, narrow at the bafe, obtufe at 
the end, not at all divided-at the edges, and of a 
" {trong and pleafant green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and of a 
pale green: it is not ftriated, as in the wild 
kinds. : a, 
The leaves on this are placed in pairs3 and | 
they are large, pinnated, and of a paler green ; 
each is compofed of about four pairs of pinnae, 
with an odd one at the end of the rib; and thefe 
are narrow, pointed, and undivided at the edges. 
The flowers grow in large tufts at the top of 
the ftalk, and of fhoots rifing from the bofoms of 
the upper leaves ; and they are of a pale red. 
The feed is fingle, large, and downy. 
It is a native of Alface, but is kept in bardens 
for its virtue. It flowers in Auguit. 3 
C. Bauhine calls it Valeriana hortenfis, and 
moft others copy that name. Some call it phy. 
The root is good againft vertigoes, pains in the 
head, and other nervous complaints. It is re- 
commended alfo greatly againft malignant fevers. 
The frefh root, given in decoction, operates by 
urine, and is good againft obftructions of the vif- 
cera. For nervous complaints it is beft given in” 
powder 5 but the root of our common wild vale- 
rian is greatly fuperior to it for this purpofe. 
2. Red Valerian. 
Valeriana floribus rubris caudatis, 
The root is long, thick, and brown; and has 
a few large fibres. 2 
The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and of a 
greyifh green: they have no footftalks and they | 
are fmooth, undivided at the edges, and pointed 
at the end. 
The ftalk is round, upright for two-thirds of 
its height, and of a greyith green: toward the 
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nated: the pinne are narrow ; and the colour is 
‘| a pale green. 
The flowers ftand in tufts at the top of the 
ftalks ; and they are very fall, and of a faint 
flefh-colour. 
The feeds are large, fingle, obl 4 
with down, Biers fneestad Bioess 
July. 
Ray calls it Valeriana fylveftris five paluftris mi- 
nor altera. 
All thefe fpecies agree in their nature and qua- 
lities with the fecond kind ; but they poffefs them 
in an inferior degree. The great care muft be 
not to gather by miftake one of them for another, 
This fingle caution may prevent the error, that 
thefe grow in wet places, and that always in drys 
upland ground, 
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top it ufually bends, which is Owing to its flen- 
dernefs, and to the weight of the tufts of dowers. 
The leaves are placed on it in pairs ; and they 
are oblong, broad, and of a bluifh green: they 
have no footftalks: they are undivided at the 
edges, and pointed at the ends. 
‘The flowers grow in great clufters at the top 
of the ftalk, and at the extremities of fhoots ri- 
fing from the bofoms of the leaves: they are of a 
beautiful red: their tubular part is very long 
and flender, and terminates in a‘kind of fpur. 
The feed is fingle, oblong, and winged with 
down, 
It is common wild in Italy on barren hilly 
ground, and upon walls. It flowers in Auguft, 
C, Bauhine calls it Valeriana rubra. Others, 
Valeriana rubra Dodonei. 
3. Narrow-leaved Small Valerian. ~ 
Valeriana minor anguftifolia. 
The root is long; thick, brown, and furnifhed 
with many fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a fmall tuft; and are 
fupported on fhort footftalks : thefe are conti- 
nued to the bafes of the leaves, and appear to be 
only that part extended in length. 
They are oblong, narrow, and of a frefh green, 
fharp-pointed at the end ; and ufually there is one 
indenting on the fide, and no more. 
The ftalk is round, weak, and of a pale green: 
it is ten inches high, rarely branched, and fearce 
upright, the top ufually bowing, 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root ; but they are narrower: they have no foot- 
ftalks. Their colour is a pale, yellowifh green ; 
and they have one or two indentings. 
The flowers ftand in clufters at the tops of the 
ftalk, and of fhoots from the bofoms of the 
leaves ; but they are not fo numerous as in the pre- 
‘ ceding kinds : they are {mall, and of a pure white. 
The feed is oblong, fingle, and winged with 
down. 4 
It is a native of the rocky mountains of Ger- 
many, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Nardo Celtico fimilis inodora, 
Others, Valeriana faxatilis, and Valeriana Alping 
angufifolia. ; 
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It is common in boggy places, and flowers in. 
