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2. Valerianella chenopodifolia (Pursh) DC. Goose-foot Corn Sal Fig. 4001. 
side chenopodifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 727. 
1814. 
V. chenopodifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 629. 1830. 
Fedia Fagopyrum T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 51. 1841. 
Glabrous, 1°-2° high. Leaves entire, or the 
basal and lower ones repand, spatulate, ob- 
tuse; upper stem leaves oblong or lanceolate, 
1’-3' long; cymes dense, 6”-8” broad, at length 
slender-peduncled; bracts lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate; corolla white, about 1” long; fruit 
triangular-pyramidal, 2” long, 1” thick, gla- 
brous or minutely pubescent, the two empty 
cavities narrower than the fertile one but about 
as deep. 
In moist soil, western New York to Virginia, 
Minnesota and Kentucky. May-July. 
Poin 
3. Valerianella radiata (L.) Dufr. Beaked 
Corn Salad. Fig. 4002. 
Valeriana Locusta var. radiata L. Sp. Pl. 34. 1753. 
Fedia radiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 118, 1803. 
Valerianella radiata Dufr. Hist. Val. 57. 1811. 
Glabrous, or minutely pubescent below, 6’-18’ 
high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate, obtuse, 
entire, the upper lanceolate, usually dentate; 
cymes 4-6” broad, dense; bracts small, lanceo- 
late or oblong-lanceolate; corolla white, 1” long; 
fruit narrowly ovate-tetragonal, finely pubescent 
or sometimes glabrous, 1” long, 34” thick, the 
empty cavities as thick as or thicker than the 
beaked fertile one and separated from each other 
by a broad shallow groove. 
In moist soil, Massachusetts to Florida, west to 
Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri and Texas. Called 
also lamb’s-lettuce. May-July. 
4. Valerianella stenocarpa (Engelm. ) 
Krok. Narrow-celled Corn Salad. 
Fig. 4003. 
Fedia stenocarpa Engelm. Bost. Journ. Nat. 
Hist. 6: 216. 1857. 
Valerianella stenocarpa Krok, Kongl. Svensk. 
Akad. Handl. 5: 64. 1866. 
Similar to the preceding species and 
perhaps better regarded as a race of it. 
Fruit oblong-tetragonal, slightly smaller, 
glabrous or sometimes pubescent; sterile 
cavities not as thick as the oblong seed- 
bearing one, and separated from each 
other by a narrow groove. 
Prairies and woodlands, Kansas and Mis- 
souri to Texas. March—June. 
