172 43. VAIBBIANACILE. 



3 — 5-lobed, unequal or irregular often spurred or gibbous at 

 the base. Stam. 1 — 3, inserted in the tube, free, fewer than 

 the cor. -lobes. Ovary with 1 perfect fertile cell and often 

 2 abortive cells ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fr. dry. — No 

 stipules, 



1. Obntkanthus. Cor. .5-lobed, with a spur. Stam. 1. Fr, 

 1 -celled, indehiscent, crowned with the limb of the calyi 

 expanded into a feathery pappus. 



2. Valbeiana. Cor. 5-lobed, gibbous but mthout a spur. 

 Stam. 3. Fr. \-celled, indehiscent, crowned with the limb 

 of the calyx expanded into a feathery pappus. 



3. Valbbianblla. Cor. 5-lobed, without a spur. Stam. S. 

 Fr. ^-celled, indehiscent, croiimed with the erect uneguaWy 

 toothed limb of the calyx, 2 of the cells usually empty inflated 

 or filiform. 



1. Centean'thtts Cand. 



1. C. ruber (DC.) ; 1. lanceolate stalked, upper 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate sessile, spur much shorter than the cor.-tube twice- 

 as long as the germen. — Valeriana Sm. — E. B. 1531.^St. 1 — 

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

 P. VI.— IX. Red Fakrian. E. I. 



[*2. C. Calcitrdpa (Dufr.) ; radical 1. ovate entire, stem-L 

 pinnatifld, spur very short. — Sy. E. B. 665. — Eltham, Kent] E, 



2. Valebia'na Linn. Valerian. 



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

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

 solitary, fr. glabrous ovate-oblong. — B. xii. 727. St. 9. — With 

 Slickers, not stoles. St. 2 — 4 ft. high. Fl. flesh-coloured. 

 Radical 1. on long stalks. — a; Its.usually 9 — 11 near together their 

 anterior edge nearly entire, the posterior edge strongly toothed. 

 — /S. v. sambucifdlia (Mikan) ; Its. of rt.-l. ovate-acute, of st.-l. 

 oblong-lanceolate, aU toothed on both edges. F. B. 698. Term. 

 It. of rt.-l. often slightly the largest. Stoles long. — Ditches, 

 marshes and damp places. P. Vl. VII. E. S. I. 



[*2. V. pyrendica (L.) ; /. heartshaped serrate stalked, upper 

 1. with 1 — 2 pairs of small lanceolate leaflets. — F. B. 1591. — 

 St. 2 — 3 feet high, furrowed. Fl. light rose-coloMed. — ^Woods, 

 imp. P. VI. VIL] E. S. 



3. F. dioica (L.) ; fl. imperfectly dioecious, root-l. ovate stalked, 

 stem-l. pinnated ^iih. a large terminal lobe, ic. glabrous. — E. B. 



