Valeriana Dioica. Marsh Valerian. 



VALERIANA Linnai Gen. Plant* Triandria Monogynia. 



Cal. o Cor. 1. petala, bafi hinc gibba, fupera. Sem. i. 



VALERIANA dioica floribus triandris dbicis foliis pimiatis integerrimis. Lin. Syfi.Vegetab.Sp. PI. p. 44. 



FL Suec, n. 35. 



VALERIANA foliis radicalibus petiolatis ovatis; caulinis pinnatis, fexu diftin&a. Holler, hift. 208. 



VALERIANA dioica, Scopoli Fl Cam. n. 40. 



Vi\LERlANA paluftris minor. Bauhin.p. 164-0 



VALERIANA minor. Ger.tm, 107.$-. 



VALERIANA fylvertris minor. Park. ill. 



Paii Syn. p. 206, Small wild Valerian, 'or Marfh Valerian. Hudfion. Fl Angl. ed. fe> 

 p. 12, Light/ 00 1 Fl.Scot,p.%$. 



RADIX perennis, geniculata, repens, cra'mtie pefinae co- |ROOT perennial, jointed, creeping, the thickhefs of a 

 racis, albida, rubore aliquaudotin&a, ©do-re fub- 1 crow-quill, white, fometimes tinged with red, 



aromatico Valerianae fylveitris. | having nearly the fame aromatic fmell as the 



J _ wild valerian. 



CA'ULlS pedalis nut fefquipedalis, eredtus, fimplex, tetra- f STALK a foot, or a foot and a half high, upright, un- 

 gonus, itriatus, laevis •; rami paUci, ftriati. I branched, four-cornered, ftriated and fmooth \ 



■% branches, few and ftriated. 



FOLIA oppofka-, radicalia integerrima,-ovata, obtufa, eau- 1 LEAVES oppofite, the radical ones entire, ovate-, obtufe, 

 liha pauca, pinnati'iida, pinnisduodecimcirciter, | thofe of the ftalk few-, pinnatifid, pinnae about 



venoiis, obtufe ferratis» | twelve in number, veiny, and obtufely ferrated. 



FLORES lubcorymbofi, rubelli, dioici, femineis mul to | FLOWERS forming a kind of corymbus, of a pink co- 

 minoribus. fig. i. fk>i\ femin. magn. nat. fig. 7..% lour, and dioiCoUs, the female flowers much 



flor. m'afci. | the fmalleit. fig. 1. a female flower of its na- 



f t tural fme.fig. 2. a male flower. 



BRACTE/E plurimae, lanCeolat£e> floribus fubjeclas. | BRACTEiE numerous, lanceolate, placed beneath the 



$ flowers. 



Flos Femin. | Female FloweR. 



CALYX vixullus, margo fuperus. fig. 7. | CALYX fcarce any, being only a prominent rim fuf- 



| rounding the top of the germen. fig. 7. 



COROLLA monopetala, tubus a latere inferiore gibbus, | COROLLA monopetalous, the tube gibbous on the under 



neftariferus; limbus quiquefidus, laciniis ob- | fide, and containing honey 5 the limb divided 



tufis, fubaequalibus ; antherarum rudimenta| into five fegments, which are blunt and nearly 



intra tubum cernantur. % equal ; rudiments of Antherae are vifible within 



I the tube. fig. u 



PISTILLUM : Germen mferum, ovatiim, comprenum, | PlSTlLLUM : Germen plated below the corolla, ovate» 

 fulcatum, longitudine fere corollae ; Stylus | flat, grooved, nearly the length of the corolla | 



albus, fuperne paulo incrafTatus, corolla paulo^ Style white, fomewhat thickened near the 



longior, obliquus ; Stigma trifldum. fig. 6, 7,? top, a little longer than the corolla, oblique J 



8, 9. I Stigma trind. fig. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



SEMEN ovato-oblongum, pallide fufcum, hinc Carina- 1 SEED of an ovate oblong fhape, and pale brown colour» 

 turn, illinc trinerve, pappo pilofo coronatum. | a fingle rib on one fide, and three on the other» 



fig. 11, 12, 13. 4 crowned with a feathery down, fig* 11, 12, 13* 



Flos Masc> | Male Flower. 



CALYX et Corolla ficut in fern. fig. 2. % CALYX and corolla the fame as in the female* fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta tria, filiformia, corolla Ion- 1 STAMINA : three Filaments filiform, longer than 

 giora; Anthers albae ; feu pallide rubentes, ^ the corolla; AntheRjE white, Or pale red» 



Jig. 5. Piftillum imperfectum in centra floris. | fig. 5. an imperfect Piftillum in the center of 



fig, 10. ¥ each flower* fig. iq. 



There are few plants in which nature fports more than in the Valerians, even out of the four fpecies which we 

 have growing wild with us, one is monandrous, viz. the rubra, and another dioicous as the prefent. Thefe deficiencies 

 in their claffical character are however the lefs to be lamented, as they furnim excellent fpecific diftin£tions k 



The dioica is found only in wet and boggy iituations ; in the meadows and ofier-grounds about Batterfiea it grows 

 abundantly ; its bloffoms before they open are of a bright red colour, and being collected into fmall heads, are very 

 confpicuoiis among the herbage in the month of April; in June and July it produces its downy feeds, which, for 

 their beauty and fmgular manner of expanding their pappus or down, are highly deferving the attention of the 



curious. ... v 



The roots having a fimilar fmell, and probably the fame medicinal virtues, as the officinal Valerian, may be fub- 



ftituted in lieu thereof, if neceffary. 



What Scopoli afferts of this plant is fo contrary to the common opinion of botanifts and our own obfervations, 

 that we cannot forbear tranfcribing his own words ; they will either prove that his obfervations are not to be 

 depended upon, or that this plant puts on a very different appearance in Carniola than it does in the other parts of 



Europe. ^ # ' 



«' Millena fpecimina examinavi et nunquam vidi flores dioicos, fed nunc omnes hermaphroditos, nunc filamento 

 " uno above eaftratd inftrudfos, nunc mafculos et femineos in eadem planta, ita tamen ut mafculi flores con- 

 « tinerent rudimentum germiniset ftyli ; fine feminibus vero perfeclis nullam haclenus inveni plantam." 



