172 43.IVALTSRIA]<rAC!B^. 



2. Vai^eeiana. Cor. 5-lobed, gibbous but without a spur. 

 Stam. 3. Ft. 1-oelledf indehiseent, crowned with the limb 

 of the calyx expanded into a feathery pappus. 



3. Valeeianblla, Cor. 5-lobed, without a spur, Sta,m. 3. 

 Fr. S-celled, indehiseent, crowned with the erect unequally 

 toothed limb aftlie cak/x, 2 of the cells usually empty inflated 

 or filiform. 



1. CBNiEAir.'TH¥9 Gand. 



1. C. ruber (DO.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate, spur much shorter 

 than the cor. -tube twice as long as the ^ermen. — Valeriana Sm. 

 — St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. purple or white. — Chalk-pits and old 

 walls. P. VI.— IX. Med Valerian. E. I. 



[C. Calitrdpa (Biift.) ; radical 1. ovate entire, stem-1. piana- 

 tifid, spur very short.- — introduced at Eltham in Kent.] ' E, 



2. Valeeia'na Linn. Valerian. 



1. V. officinalis (L.) ; I. all pirmate, Its. 9 — 21 lanceolate den- 

 tate serrate terminal one not larger than the others, st. sulcate 

 solitary, fr. glabrous orate-oblong. — M. xii. 727. St. 9. — With 

 suckers, not stoles. St. 2 — 4 ft. high. Lts. usually 9 — ^11, near 

 together ; anterior edge nearly entire, posterior strongly toothed. 

 Fl. flesh-coloured, iladical 1. on long stalks. — This and the 

 following require more study. They are probably distinct. — 

 Ditches and damp chalky places. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



2. V. sambudfSlia ("Mikan.") ;7. all pinnate, \ts. 9 — 11 den- 

 tate-serrkte, of the rkdical 1. ovate-acute, of the stem-1. oblong- 

 lanceolate, terrhinal It. not larger than the others, st. sulcate 

 solitary, fr. glabrous ovate-attenuate. — JR. xii. 726. V. officinalis 

 Sm. — With long stoles. ' St. 2 — 4 feet high. Lts. toothed on 

 both edges ; term. It. of rt.-l. sometimes slightly largerthan the 

 others. — Damp places. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



[*3. V. pyrendica (L.) ; I. heartshaped aevTsde stallced, upper 

 1. with 1 — 2 pairs of small lanceolate leaflets. — St. 2 — 3 feet 

 high, furrowed. Fl. light rose-coloured. — Woods, rare. P. VI. 



VII.] E. S. 



4. V. dioica (L.) ; fl. imperfectly dioecious, root-l. ovate stalked, 

 stem-l. pinnatifid with aiarge terminal lobe, fr. glabrous. — St.Q. 

 — St. a foot or more in height, simple. Fl. flesh-coloured; 

 rather large -n-ith proti-uded stam. when bai'ren ; or small with 

 included stamens and foj-ming a closer corymb when fertile. 

 Creeping. — Boggy places. P. V. VI. E. S. 



