60 VALERIANACEAE 
About 50 species, native of the northern hemisphere, and most abundant in the Mediterranean region. Type 
species, Palorinne locusta L, 
Fruits sg in cross section, with a geosereet eosky. por on the dorsal side of the fertile oct, sd Sasol ig the 
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empty cells usually not produced, separated by rrow shallow groove. V. loc 
Fruits square in cross section, without a ives mass on the dorsal side of the flattened fertile a erkire of 
the empty cells incurved, forming a broad deep groo 2. V. carinata. 
1. Valerianella — (L.) Betcke. Lamb’s Lettuce. Fig. 5060. 
Valeriana locusta a a ol itoria L. Sp. 1753. 
Valerianella olitoria Poll. Hist. Pl. ote nae 30. 1776. 
Valerianella apne Betcke, Anim. Val. 10. 1826. 
Ste ee or usu suily dichotomy branched, 15-30 cm. tall, glabrous to more or less 
puberalent a least at the nodes, the hai = refle xed. Basal leaves spatulate to oblanceo- 
late, rounded or als at the pil ee oe long, 6-15 mm. wide, pate upper stem-leaves broadly 
linear ‘ oblong, —2. m. long, entire or sometimes sparingly toothed ; peduncles short ; cymes 
1 eee ibcopibite: bracts linear to narrowly oblong; corolla bluish or pink, about 
mm. eee fruit 2 mm. long, about as broad as long, itr Ily compressed, finely foveolate, gla- 
brous, Aa Rckuid cells oe by a narrow shallow groove, the fertile cell with a thick corky 
mass on the dorsal side. » = 7. 
coe sional in waste places and cultivated fields; Washington, Oregon, and central California and across the 
eeiacut to the eastern and eaters states; satueatignt from Europe and sometimes cultivated as a salad 
plant. April-June. 
5059. Valeriana edulis 5061. Valerianella carinata 
5060. Valerianella locusta 5062. Plectritis congesta 
