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VALERIANEjE. 
Order XLIV. VALERIANEiE. 
Cor. superior, limb various, toothed, obsolete or involute and 
ultimately resembling a pappus. Cor. tubular, 3 — 5-lobed, un- 
equal or irregular often spurred or gibbous at the base. Stam. 
1 — 5, inserted in the tube, free. Ovary with 1 perfect cell and 
often 2 abortive cells, ovule solitary pendulous. Fr. dry. 
1. Ce.ntranthus. Cor. regular, 5-lobed, v;ith a spur. Stam.l. 
Fr. 1 -celled, indehiscent, crowned with the limb of the 
calyx expanded into a feathery pappus. 
2. Valeriana. Cor. regular, 5-lobed, without a spur. Stam 3. 
Fr. 1-celled, indehiscent crowned with the limb of the calyx 
expanded into a feathery pappus. 
3. Valerianella. Cor. regular, 5-lobed, without a spur. 
Stam. 3. Fr. 2-celled, indehiscent, crowned with the erect 
unequally toothed limb of the calyx, 2 of the cells usually 
empty inflated or filiform. 
1. Centranthus DcCand. 
\\. C. ruler (DC.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate, spur much shorter 
than the tube of the corolla and twice as long as the germen. — 
Valeriana (Sm.) E. B. 1531.— St. 1—2 feet "high. Fl. purple. 
— Chalk-pits and old walls. P. VI. — IX. Red Valerian. 
[C. Calcitrapa (Dufr.) ; radical 1. ovate entire, stem 1. pinna- 
tifid, spur very short, is naturalized at Eltham in Kent.] 
2. Valeriana Linn. 
1. V. officinalis (L.) ; I. all pinnate, leaflets dentate terminal 
one not larger than the others, st. sulcate, fr. glabrous. — E. B. 
69S. St. 9. — St. 2—4 feet high. Fl. flesh-coloured. Radical 1. 
on long stalks. — Leaflets lanceolate, in 7 — 10 pairs; tube of the 
corolla funnelshaped about as long as the limb ; " fr. narrowed 
upwards ; root without scions." — /3. sambucifolia ; leaflets in 
4 — 5 pairs, those of the radical 1. ovate acute, of the stem 1. ob- 
long-lanceolate acute ; tube of the cor. cylindrical nearly twice 
as long as the limb ; " fr. not narrowed upwards ; " root pro- 
ducing scions. V. sambucifolia (Mikan.) DC, Koch, Reich., 
Wimm., Tausch ! My specimens agree exactly with Bohemian 
ones from Tausch. Probably a distinct species, but I am not 
certain that the above characters, are permanent. — Ditches and 
damp places. P. VI. VII. Valerian. 
\1. V. pyrenaica (L.) ; I. heartshaped seriate stalked, upper 1. 
with 1 — 2 pairs of small lanceolate leaflets. — E. B. 1591. — St. 
2 — 3 feet high, furrowed. Fl. light rose-coloured. — Woods i 
Scotland. P. VI. VII. 
