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3. V. dioica (L.) ; fl. imperfectly dioecious, radical I. ovale 
stalked, stem I. pinnatifid with a large terminal lobe, fr. glabrous. 
— E. B. 628. St. 9.— St. 6—12 in. high, simple. Fl. flesh- 
coloured. Root creeping. — Boggy places. P. V. VI. E. S. 
3. Valerianella Moench. 
* Fruit with 2 barren cells. 
1. V. olitoria (Moench) ; fr. compressed oblique, fertile cell 
corky on the back, barren cells without furrows : dissepiment in- 
complete, bracts ciliated. — E. B. 811. St. 2. 3. R. Icon. t. 60. 
Fedia Hook. — L. ovate-spathulate, upper ones narrower. Fl. in 
terminal compact heads, involucrated with oblong linear bracts. 
Fr. 3-celled ; 1 fertile with its back formed of a thick gibbous 
mass of spongy cellular tissue which is usually traversed by a 
single furrow and separated from the 2 barren cells by a groove 
on each side ; the 2 barren cells separated by an incomplete dis- 
sepiment, each with a slender rib on its side and their junction, 
marked by a slight furrow. — Corn-fields and banks. A. V. VI. 
Corn Salad. 
2. V. carinata (Loisel.) ; fr. oblong boatshaped crowned with 
1 straight tooth, cells nearly equal each with a single rib on the 
back, barren cells contiguous in their whole length and with a 
deep furrow between them, fl. capitate. — Fedia E. B. S. 2810. 
R. Icon. t. 61. — Fi. pale blue. Root leaves spathulatc, those of 
the stem oblong. Bracts ciliated. Section of the fr. crescent- 
shaped. — Hedge-banks, rare. A. IV. — VI. Lambs' Lettuce. E. S. 
3. V. Auricula (DC.) ; fr. subglobose crowned with 1 erect 
membranous leaf, barren cells larger them the fertile one inflated 
contiguous having a narrow furrow between them, fl. scattered. 
— Fedia E. B. S. 2809 — Fl. distant, in the forks of a repeatedly 
dichotomous panicle. Lower 1. obovate attenuate downwards, 
upper 1. oblong. Bracts ciliated. Section of the fruit nearly 
round. Crown of one oblong obtuse obliquely truncate tooth, 
sometimes with a minute tooth on each side, or (3. tridentata) of 
3 acute teeth, of which one is much the longest and often 3-pointed. 
—Cultivated land. A. VII. VIII. 
** Barren cells 0, or reduced to a rib. 
4. V. dentala (Deitr.) ;fr. oval crowned with the small oblique 
equally 4 -toothed calyx flat in front with an oblong space inclosed 
between 2 elevated curved ribs (barren cells) convex behind, 
corymb spreading : branches long divaricated. — E. B. 1370. — 
Teeth of the crown spreading or all incurved except the largest. 
Fr. smooth or hairy (/3. mixta). Fl. corymbose.— Corn-fields 
and banks. A. VI." VII. 
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