160 A. GRISEBACH, 



foliato in paniculam angustam diviso , foliis omnibus pinnatisectis longe 

 petiolatis: segmentis 8 — 3jugis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis repando- 

 integerrimis , terminali ovali v. ovali-oblongo obtuso, fasciculis florum 

 subglobosis in ramis paniculae distantibus erectis interruptim dispositis : 

 floribus valde numerosis dioecis bracteolas approximatas oblongas obtusas 

 ternatim distichas subaequantibus, calycis limbo brevissimo truncato, co- 

 roUa e brevitei* infundibuliformi rainutissiraa 5loba: lobis recurvis tubo 

 fere aequilongis, stylo corolla duplo longiori: stigmatibus 3 divergentibus, 

 achenio trigono-elliptico: angulis carinatis. — Gaulis 3 — ,,ultra6pedalis", 

 inferne ad 8"' diam. ; folia ima (petiolo 6" longo incluso) saepe pedalia, 

 caulina subsessilia: segmenta lateralia 2 — 1" longa, terminale latius; 

 panicula Rumicem revocans , saepe ultrapedalis , fasciculi florum 4 — 8'" 

 diam., numerosis spiculis constituti, bracteolis in axi flexuoso contiguis 

 1 — l^/s'" longis; corolla (5 ignota, 9 longa, ovario elliptico parum 



brevior, lobis oblongis obtusis; Stylus filiformis, ^ji'" longus; achenium 

 ^ji'" longum , umbilico e calycis limbo oriundo minute coronatum , uni- 

 loculare, rudimento nerviformi in media tertii lateris area decurrente, 

 carinis angularibus rotundatis; semen pendulum , exalbuminosum. — 

 C: S. Achala. 



956. Ph. polybotrya Gr. [379.]. — Ct. 



657. Ph. polystachya Benth. Hook. — Syn. Valeriana Sm. ic. 

 ined. t. 51. — C. („Bonar.") 



958. Valeriana lasiocarpa Gr. n. sp. herbacea , rhizomate subcar- 

 noso oblique descendente, caule pingui glabro paucifolio ex axillis cymi- 

 gero, foliis imis rosulatis elliptico-oblongis integerrimis acutiusculis in pe- 

 tiolum laminae subaequilongum (saepe latiusculum) attenuatis , caulinis 

 ovato-oblongis acutis inferne obsolete serratis supra basin sessilem sub- 

 connato-vaginantem puberulam glabris, cymis terminalibus glomerulifor- 

 mibus conferto-paniculatis : bracteolis lanceolatis obtusis achenium subae- 

 quantibus, floribus polygamis , corolla infundibuliformi : tubo cylindrico, 

 achenio ovato corollae aequilongo hirto-pubescente pappo 1 2radiato duplo 

 breviori: setis plumosis basi membranacea connexis. — Habitus V. car- 

 nosae Sm., a qua foliis integerrimis fructuque breviori pubescente differt, 



