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CLASS HI. TRIANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 



fO. Fedia, Gaert. de fr.etsem.2. p. 36. (Dipsace&.J- 



Calix 3 or 4 toothed. Corolla tubular, 5 -clefts 

 Capsule crowned with the persistent calix, 3- 

 celled ; only one of the cells usually fertile. 

 Nutt. 



radiata. 2. F. leaves spathulate-oblong, nearly entire ; fruit 

 pubescent, somewhat 4-sided, naked at the point* 

 Mich. 

 Valeriana locusta, radiata. Lin. sp. pi. 48. 



Lambs' lettuce. Corn-sallad. Lettuce Valerian, 



A beautiful plant when in flower, and without doubt indige- 

 nous to this neighbourhood. I suspected, when I first met 

 with it, that it had escaped from the gardens, but have 

 repeatedly since found it in situations where it evidently 

 grew wild . Flowers lig+it blue, sometimes white . This plant, 

 in its young state, when only the radical leaves have appeared, 

 constitutes the corn-sallad of our tables. It is cultivated in 

 great abundance in all the kitchen gardens near the city, and 

 is to be found plentifully in <mr markets, during nearly the 

 whole year. Often met with in fields west of the Schuylkill, 

 but most abundant between the upper-ferry bridge (near Le- 

 mon-hill) and Kingsess Gardens, along the course of the 

 Schuylkill, and not far from its margins. In great profusion 

 between Market street bridge and the upper-ferry, along the 

 declivity of the high bank. Annual. June, July. 



21. Ik is, Gen. pi. 97. (hides.) 



Corolla 6 -parted, large ; three of the lamina 

 erect ; the other 3 reflected, with or without 

 a crest or beard on the inner side, and bear- 



