VALERIANAE 



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Visitors. — Herm. Miiller observed 17 Diptera, a beetle, a bee, and 3 Lepi- 

 doptera. 



1276. V. cordifolia Hoeck (=Phyllaclis cordifolia Wedd.). — Ricca describes 

 this species as markedly protandrous (Atti Soc. ital. sc. nat., Milano, xiv, 1871). 



1277. V. capitata Pall. — Ekstam says that the flowers of this species are 

 5-8 mm. in diameter in Nova Zemlia. They smell like heliotrope, and are either 

 markedly protandrous or homogamous. 



Visitors. — These are flies, including Sarcophaga atriceps Zell. 



1278. V. exaltata Mik. — 



Visitors. — Loew observed the Muscid Cynom}ia mortuorum L. in the Berlin 

 Botanic Garden. — 



Fig. 186. Valeriana tripteris, L. (after Herm. Muller). A. Female flower with small corolla 

 X 7). A Stigma of ditto (X 80). C Male flower with large corolla ( x 7). £). Ditto in longitudinal 

 section; ovary and calyx left out (X 7). a, anther; ca, calyx; gi\ style; n, nectary; ov, ovary; 

 sd^ nectar-cover ; st^ stigma. 



1279. v. alliariaefolia Vahl. — 



Visitors. — Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden. — 

 A. Coleoptera. Scarabaeidae : i. Cetonia aurata L., dvg. the flowers. 

 B. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: 2. Echinomyia fera L. (b) Syrphidae: 3. Eristalis 

 tenax L. C. Hymenoptera. Apidae : 4. Bombus terrester Z. $, skg. 



1280. V. asarifolia Dufr. — 



Visitors. — Loew observed the following in the Berlin Botanic Garden. — 

 A. Diptera. (a) Muscidae: i. Scatophaga merdaria F. (3) Syrphidae: 

 2. Syritta pipiens L. B. Hymenoptera. Apidae: 3. Andrena sp. $, skg. and 



