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angles, 1. linear-lanceolate ; 2. G. elongatum (Presl.?); pan., f1., 
and fr. larger, 1. broader. I leave them for future inquiry.— 
Wet places by ditches and rivers. P. VII. VIII. 
4. Rusia Linn, Wild Madder. 
1. R. peregrina (L.); 1. 4—6 in a whorl elliptic or lanceolate 
shining smooth above without veins the margin and keel rough 
with reflexed bristles —E. B, 851.—Old st. terete, shoots spread- 
ing, square. L. rigid, persistent. Cor. rotate, 5-cleft ; lobes 
oval suddenly narrowed into a slender point.—Stony and sandy 
thickets in the south. P. VJ.—VIII. E. 1. 
Order XLITI. VALERIANACE. 
Cal. superior, limb various, toothed, obsolete or involute and 
ultimately resembling a pappus. Cor. tubular, 3—5-lobed, un- 
equal or irregular often spurred or gibbous at the base. Stam. 
1—5, inserted in the tube, free. Ovary with 1 perfect cell and 
often 2 abortive cells, ovule solitary pendulous. Fr. dry. 
1. Cenrrantuus. Cor. regular, 5-lobed, with a spur. Stam. 
1. Fr. 1-celled, indehiscent, crowned with the hmb of the 
calyx expanded into a feathery pappus. 
2. VaLERIANA. Cor. regular, 5-lobed, gibbous but without a 
spur. Stam. 3. Fr. 1-celled, indehiscent, crowned with the 
limb of the calyx expanded into a feathery pappus. 
3. VALERIANELLA. Cor. regular, 5-lobed, without a spur. 
Stam. 3. Fr. 3-celled, indehiscent, crowned with the erect 
unequally toothed limb of the calyx, 2 of the cells usually 
empty inflated or filiform. 
1. Centrantuus Cand. 
+1. C. ruber (DC.); 1. ovate-lanceolate, spur much shorter 
than the tube of the corolla and twice as long as the germen.— 
Valeriana Sm., E. B. 1531.—St. 1—2 feet high. Fi. purple or 
white.—Chalk-pits and old walls. P. VI—IX. Red Valerian. 
[C. Calcitrapa (Dufr.); radical 1. ovate entire, stem-]. pmna- 
tifid, spur very short, is naturalized at Eltham in Kent. ] 
2. VaLeriana Linn. 
1. V. officinalis (L.); 1. all pinnate, Its. 15—21 lanceolate den- 
tate-serrate terminal one not larger than the others, st. sulcate 
solitary, fr. glabrous ovate-oblong.—St. 9.—Root with short sub- 
terranean scions. St. 2—4 feet high. Fl. flesh-coloured, Ra- 
