CENTRANTllUS. VALERIANELLA. 
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1. Centranthus Cand. 
tl. C. Tuher (DC.); 1- ovate-lanceolate, s])ur much shorter 
than the tube of the corolla and twice as long as the germen. — 
Valeriana Sm., E. B. 15.'U. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. FI. purple or 
white. — Chalk-j)its and old walls. P. VI. — IX. Red Valerian. 
[C. Calcitrapa (Dufr.) ; radical 1. ovate entire, stem 1. piuna- 
tifid, s])ur very short, is natiu'alized at Eltham in Kent.] 
2. Valeriana Linn. 
1. V. officinalis (L.); 1. all pinnate, leaf,, in 7 — \0 pairs lan- 
ceolate dentate-serrate terminal one not larger than the others, 
St. sulcate solitary, fr. glabrous. — E. B. (198. St. 9. — St. 2 — 4 feet 
high. FI. flesh-coloured. Radical 1. on long stalks. Tube of 
the corolla funnelshai)cd about as long or longer than the limb. 
Fr. narrowed u])wanls. Root with scions. — Ditches and damp 
chalky places. P. VI. VII. Valerian. 
2. V. sambucifolia (“Mikan.”); 1. all pinnate, leaf, dentate- 
serrate in 4- — 5 pairs, of the radical 1. ovate acute, of the stem 1. 
oblong-lanceolate, terminal leafl. not larger than the others, st. 
sulcate solitary, fr. glabrous. — Root with scions. A species uni- 
versally adopted on the continent. “ E seminibus educta, charac- 
teres indicates bene servat, quare ut speciem agnoscere cogimur.” 
Fries Mant. iii. 2. My specimens exactly accord with Bohemian 
ones from Tausch. — Damp places. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
t3. V. pyrenaica (L.) ; 1. heartsliaped serrate stalked, upper 1. 
with 1 — 2 pairs of small lanceolate leaflets. — E. B. 1591. — St. 
2 — 3 feet high, furrowed. FI. light rose-coloured. — Woods in 
Scotland. P. VI. VII. S. 
4. V. dioica (L.); fl. imperfectly dioecious, radical 1. ovate 
stalked, stem 1. pinnatifid with a large terminal lobe, fr. glabrous. 
— E. B. 628. St. 9. — St. 6 — 12 in. high, simple. Fl. flesh- 
coloured ; rather large with protruded stam., barren ; or small 
with included stamens and forming a closer corymb, fertile. 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, bai’ren cells without furrows ; dissepiment in- 
complete, bracts ciliated. — E. B. 811. St. 2. 3. R. Icon. t. 60. 
Fedia Sm.— L. ovate-spathulate, upper ones narrower. Fl. in 
terminal dense cymes with oblong linear opposite 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 
