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vnth reflexed bristles. — E. B. 851. — Old st. terete ; shoots spread- 
^ ing, square. L. rigid, persistent. Cor. rotate, o-cleft ; lobes 
oval, suddenly narrowed into a slender point. — Stony and sandy 
thickets in the South. P. VI.— VIII. " E. I. 
Order XLIII. VALEHIANACE^. 
Gal. superior; limb various, toothed, inconspicuous or involute 
and ultimately resembling a pappus. Cor. tubular, .3 — -S-lobed, 
unequal or irregular often sjiiirred or gibbous at the base. Stam. 
1 — .5, inserted in the tube, tree. Ovary with 1 perfect cell and 
often 2 abortive cells ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fr. dry. 
1. Centranthxis. Cor. 5-lobed, loiih a spur. Stam. 1. Fr. 
1-celled, indehiscent, cro'wned with the limb of the calyx 
expanded into a feathery pappus. 
2. Valeeiana. Cor. o-lobed, gibbous but xcithout a spur. 
Stam. -3. Fr. \-celIed, indehiscent, cro-wned with the limb 
of the cdyx expanded into a feathery pappus. 
3. Valebianella. Cor. 5-lobed, without a spur. Stam. 3. 
Fr. 8-ceUed, indehiscent, crotviied with the erect uneqiinlhj 
toothed limb o f the calyx, 2 of the cells usually empty inflated 
or fllifonn. 
1. Centran'thus Cancl. 
Jl. C. ruler (DC.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate, spm- much shorter 
than the cor.-tube twice as long as the germen. — Valeriana Sm., 
F. B. 1531.— St. 1—2 feet high. Fl. purple or white.— Chalk- 
pits and old walls. P. VI. — IX. Red Valerian. E. I. 
[C. Calcitrdpa (Dufi\); radical 1. ovate entire, stem-1. pinna- 
tifid, spui' very short. — Naturalized at Eltham in Kent.] E. 
2. Vaxeeia'na Linn. Valerian. 
1. V. officindlis (L.) ; /. all pimude,\is. 9 — 21 lanceolate den- 
tate-seiTate terminal one not larger than the others, st. sulcata 
solitary, fr. glabrous ovate-oblong. — R. xii. 727. St. 9. — With 
suckers, not stoles. St. 2 — 1 ft. high. Lts. usually 9 — 11, near 
together ; anterior edge nearly entire, posterior strongly toothed. 
Fl. flesh -coloured. Radical 1. on long stalks.-^ J', collina 
(Wallr.) ; Its. more numerous nearly entire. R. xii. 728. — 
Ditches and damp chalky places. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
2. V. sambiicifdlia (" Mikan.") ; I. all pinnate, Its. 9 — ] 1 den- 
tate-serrate, of the radical 1. ovate acute, of the stem-1. oblong- 
lanceolate, teiminal It. not larger than the othei-s, st. sulcate 
