VALERIAN FAMILY. Valerlanacex. 



A scentless, but beautiful species, com- 

 Cor PC mon in cultivation, twining and climbing 



Honeysuckle high, and evergreen southward. The 

 Lonicera large deep green oblong leaves are whit- 



Smletan ish beneath ; the to P ones are united ' and 

 eNow a ' seemingly perforated by the stem, which 



April-August terminates in a small cluster of large, tu- 

 bular, deep Naples yellow flowers, often 

 deeply tinged outside with scarlet. The most frequent 

 and useful visitor is the humming-bird, though many 

 bees and butterflies assist in the transfer of pollen. 8-15 

 feet high. Copses, Mass, and Conn., south, west to Neb. 

 A very common shrubby species with 

 suckle " sm <>oth stem and leaves and exceedingly 

 Diervilla small honey-colored or Naples yellow flow- 



trifida e rs, with five recurving, rather equal, 



lobes, marked slightly with dull rusty 

 orange. There are five prominent yellow 

 stamens. The deep olive green leaves are ovate, sharp- 

 pointed, and fine-toothed. The flowers grow in small 

 clusters, terminally, and at the junction of leaf- and 

 plant-stem. The fruit is an oblong capsule with beaked 

 tip. 3-4 feet high. In dry woodlands or in thickets, from 

 Me., south to N. Car., and west to Mich, and Minn. 

 Named for Dr. Dierville who carried the plant from 

 Canada to France. 



VALERIAN FAMILY. Valerianacea-. 



Herbs with opposite leaves, and perfect, or sometimes 

 staminate and pistillate, flowers ; the corolla tube nar- 

 row and five-lobed ; stamens 1-3, Commonly visited by 

 bees. The genus Valeriana is remarkable for its strong- 

 scented roots. 



An erect, smooth plant, with compound 

 Valerian leaves of from 5-1 1 (rarely less) deep green , 



Valeriana lance-shaped, obtuse leaflets, indistinctly 

 sylvatica shallow-toothed or toothless; the root-leaves 



Pale magenta- are l on g_ s temmed, ovate, and rarely small- 

 June j u l lobed. The dull magenta-pink or paler 

 pink or white flowers are tiny, and clus- 

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