212 LxxYi. VALERIANE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Valeriana. 



V. officinalis ha,a lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate leaflets, often much toothed or 



serrate. 



3. V. Jaesclikel, C. B. Clarke ; small, glabrous, radical leaves pinnate, 

 pinnules many obtuse, cauline few pinnules linear, fruit haiiy. 



Westeek HimaIiAta, Lahul, Jaeschke. 



Mootstoc/c short, thickened, emitting thick horizontal fibres. Stem 6-9 in., erect, 

 simple, nodes minutely pilose. Kadical leaves numerous at flowering time, segments 

 6-9, 5 in. long, ovate to oblong ; cauline 1 or 2 distajit pairs, segments ^1 by ^--jj 

 in. Cotymba 1 In. diam. ; flo'vcers small ; upper bracts ^ in., narrow oblong. — Re- 

 sembles generally V. oUgantha, Boiss. (Fl. Orient, iii. 87), of which it might be the 

 fully developed form; but that the fruit is pilose and the root is not long nor 

 branching, 



4. V< relegra^ns, C. B. Clarke ; puberulous, leaves all entire spatbulate 

 ovate or oblong obtuse, fruit hairy. 



Bamisthan ; Skardo, alt. 9000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



Bootstock woody, thick, branching, with thick horizontal fibres. Stem 6-9 in., 

 erect, frequently branched from near the base, glabrous upwards. Badical leaves 

 several at fruit-time, ovate ; cauline several, similar, oblong. Panicle lax, in fruit 

 dichotomously dividing into linear subsimple spikes ; upper bracts oblong, small, 

 hardly half the length of the fruit. Flowers small, bright pink (pappus red in dried 

 specimens). 



5. V. Roylel, Klotzach in Reis. Pi: Waldem. Bat. 83, t. 86 ; stem glabrous, 

 leaves all undivided petioled orbicular or cordate-ovate uppermost pair sessile, 

 fruit glabrous. 



Westkek Himalaya, Hoffmeister. 



Soot tuberous. Stem 8 in., erect, simple. Leaves |— | in., at first puberulous, en- 

 tire, or the lowest obscurely toothed ; radical several at flower-time ; cauline several 

 pajrs, all but the uppermost petioled. Corymb 1-2 in. diam. ; upper bracts oblong- 

 linear, as long as the fruit. — Not seen, the foregoing drawn up from Klotzsch's figure 

 and description. The jplant seems very near V, pyrdafolia, which, however, has a 

 different root. 



6. V. pyrolaefolla, Dene, in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 86, t. 93 ; sparingly 

 pubescent, leaves ail subentire, radical petioled orbicular or elliptic obtuse, cauline, 

 sessile ovate, fruit glabrous. V. bracteata, Boyle III. 241, without description, 



fde T. Thorns, ms. Valeriana, sp. No. 12 and 13, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8r T. 



Temperate Himaiaya ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 9-14, 000 ft., Jacquemont, 

 &c. • 



Bootstock thick, branching, snbhorizontal, with thick fibres. Stem 2-10 in., erect, 



simple, succulent, often pubescent, at least when young. Radical leaves often 1 in. 



' diam., several at fruit-time; cauline J in., ajl pubescent when young, subsueculent,, 



nerved when mature. Corymb 1-2 in. diam., much more lax in fruit ; upper bracts 



^ in., linear-oblong, equalling the fruit. — Can this be a form of V. WaUiohii ? 



7. V. StracUeyi, C. B. Clarke ; slender, jMibeacent, leaves lyrate-pinnate 

 terminal lobe rhomboid, corymb lax dichotomously branching , into straight 

 slender spikes, fruit very pilose. Valeriana, sp 6, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8f T. 



Tbmpeeate HiMAtAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4-8000 ft., Thomson, 

 Stracliey 4' Winterbottom, &c. 



Bootstock woody, very stout. Stems 6-1 2 in., erect, often branching from near th« 

 base, uniformly minutely fubescent. Radical Zeaties at flower-time ; cauline leaves, 

 several, minutely pubescent, terminal lobe toothed or nearly entire. Corymb slender, , 

 lax in fruit; ultimate branchlete 1-2 in., simple, with distant minute lanceolate brae-, 

 teoles which are much shorter than the &uit. 



