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NATURAL SISTOBY OF PLANTS. 



from that named V. Dioscoridis.^ V. dioica,^ a small species from 

 our marshy fields, may be employed in the same way as V. officinalis; 

 as also may V. pyrenaica,' tuherosa* tiipteris,^ montana,^ italica,'' 

 asarifolia,^ sambucifolia,' saxatilis,^" European species, V. capensis,^^ 

 V. japonica,^^ Wallichii,^^ and HardwicMi,^* Indian species, and V. 

 sitchensis,^^ from N. America. V. celtica,^^ saliunca,^'' and some others, 

 constitute the Celtic Nard, a medicine formerly celebrated, a con- 

 stituent of Theriaca and still • employed as a perfume, but inust not 

 be confounded with the Indian Nards. The latter are distinguished 

 as the true Nard, which is the stock of Nardostachys Jataviansi ^^ (fig, 

 397-399), a precious perfume and stimulant medicine, formerly 

 esteemed, for which was often substituted the false Nards, attributed 

 to another Nardostachys '' from the same countries and even to some 

 Valerians. Centranthus ruber'"' (fig. 409) is said to have the same 

 properties as the Valerians ; "' its young shoots are sometimes eaten, 



' SiETH. et Sm. Fl. Grcee. i. 24, t. 33.— Lindl. 

 he. eit. 472. 



' L. Spec. 44. — DupR. Valer. 29. — Hayn. loc. 

 eit. t. 31.— PoiT. et Turp. Fl. Far. t. 41.— Gr. 

 et GoDR. loe. eit. 55. — V. sylvestria Gray. — V. 

 montana Wahl. {Small V. Marsh V. — Fhv, 

 minor, V. palustris off.) 



' L. Spee. 636.— Sow. Mngl. Sot. t. 1591.— 

 DC. Prodr. iv., 636, n. 42.— Gebn. et Godr. loc. 

 eit. 65.— Pluk. Almag. t. 232, fig. 1. 



« L. Spec. 46.— DC. Prodr. n. 46.— Gren. et 

 Godr. loc. oit. 55. 



« L. Spee. 45.— Jacq. Fl. Justr. t. 268. VDC. 

 Frodr. u. 41. — V. intermedia Vahl. 



6 L. Spee. 45.— DC. Prodr. n. 34.— F. cuspi- 

 data Bertol. — V. intermedia Sternb. 



? Lamk. III. i. 92.— DC. Prodr. n. 43.— F. 

 tuberosa Imp. Sist. Nat. (ed. 2) 656 icon. 



» DuPR. TaUr. 44. 



' MiK. Ecem. et Sch. Syst. i. 351. 



'" L. Spec. 45 (not Lap. ?). — jAca. Fl. Austr. 

 t. 267.— DC. Frodr. n. 35. 



" Thunb. Fl. Cxp. 33.— Harv. and Sond. Fl. 

 Cap. iii. 40. (Its indigeneity at the Cape is 

 doubtfully revoked.) 



•'■' Bl. ex RosENTH. op. eit. 256. 



" DO. Not. VaUr. t. 4 ; Prodr. n. 76. 



" Wall. Foxb. Fl. Ind. i. 466.— DO. Prodr. 

 n. 76. — V. Barduiickiana Kcem. et Sch. Mantiss. 

 i. 259 ? V. eiata Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 159 



(ex DC). 



'* Bong, ex Eosenth. op. eit. (A species 

 considered very active by the Eusaians.) 



" L. Spee. 46.— Jacq. Coll. i. t. 24, fig. 1.— 

 DuFR. Valer. 47.— DC. Prodr. iv. 636.— Mkb. 

 et Del. Diet. Mat, Med. vi. 828. — Guib. loe. eit. 

 71, fig. 591. — Eosenth. op. eit. 265. — V. saxa- 

 tilis ViLL. (ex PoiR.). {Spiea celtiea off.) 



" All. Fl. Pedem. i. 3, t. 70, fig. 1.— DC. 

 Prodr. n. 37. — V. supina DC. (not Jacq.). — V. 

 celtiea Vill. (not L.) Dauph, ii. 285. (Its pre- 

 sence in Narda celtiea has been questioned.) 



18 DO. Not. VaUr. t. 1 ; Prodr. iv. 624, n. 1. 

 — EoYLE. III. Simal. 243, t. 64.— Lindl. Jf/. 

 Med. 471.— Guib. loe. eit. 74, fig. 692, 693.— 

 Eosenth. op. eit. 253. — V. Jatamansi Jon. As. 

 Fes. a. 406 ; iv. 109.— Lamb. III. Cineh. 177 

 (1797).— F. Spiea Vahl, Enum. ii. 13 (1806).— 

 Fatrinia Jatamansi Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 159. 

 — Nardus Garc. Arom. 133. — N. indicaS. Bach. 

 Hist. iii. p. ii. 202 {Spiea Nardi, Nardus Gangi- 

 iiSj Spieanardj Spikenard). 



" N. grandifiora DC. he. eit. t. 2 ; Prodr. n. 

 2. — Fedia gravdifloraW A.1,1,. 



2« DO. Fl. Fr. iv. 239.— Ddfr. ValSr. S9.-r- 

 DC. :Srodr. iv. 632, n. 3. — C. maritimus Gray. 

 — C. latif alius Dupr. — V. rubia L. (part) Spec. 

 44 {Fed Valerian, Cornaccia). 



'1 These properties are ascribed to G. angut- 

 tifolius DC. and Calcitrapa Dupe. {TaMr. 39). 



