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43. TALEEIANACE^. 
solitary, fr. pflabroiis ovate-attenuate.— i2. xii. 72G. V. officinalk 
Sm., K B. G9S.— With long stoks. St. 2— 4 feet hi>^h. Lts. 
toothed on both edges ; term. It. of rt.-l. sometimes slightly 
larger than the others. — Damp places. P. VII. E. S. 
['3. V. pyrendica (L.) ; I. heartshaped serrate stalked, upper 1. 
with 1 — 2 pairs of small lanceolate leaflets. — E. B. 1591. — St. 
2 — ?, feet high, fun-owed. 11. light rose-coloured. — Woods, rare. 
P. VI. ^^I.J E. s. 
4. V. dioica (L.) ; fl. imperfectly dioecious, root-l. ovate stalked, 
stem-l. pinnatljid with a large terminal lobe, fr. glabrous. — E. B. 
628. St. 9. — St. about a foot high, simple. Fl. Hesh-colom-ed ; 
rather large with protruded stam. when barren ; or small with 
included stamens and forming a closer corymb, fertile. Creep- 
ing. — Boggy places. P. V. VI. E. S. 
3. Valeriajtel'la Moench. 
* Fruit with 2 barren cells, fertile cell corky on the back. 
1. V. olitdria (Moench); fi\ compressed oblique, ban-en cells 
without furrows, dissepiment incomplete, bracts eUiate. — E. B. 
811. St. 2. 3. R. xii. 708. I 'cdiu Sm.— About 0 in. high. 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 spongy mass usually 
traversed b}' one furrow ; a groove on each side separates it from 
2 barren .slightly confluent cells each having a slender rib on its 
side and their j unction mai'ked by a slight fmTow. — Com-fiekls 
and banks. A. V. W. Corn Salad. E. S. I. 
** Fruit with 2 barren conspicuous cells, feiiile cell not corky. 
J2. V. carindta (Loisel.) ; fr. oblong boatshaped crowned with 
I 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. in dense cvmes. — Fedia E. B. S. 
2810. R. xii. 708.— x^bout C in. high. t\. pale blue. Root-l. 
spathulate, st.-l. oblong. Bracts ciliate. Section of the fr. 
cre.scent-shaped. — Hedge-banks, rare. i\. — \'I. Lambs' 
Lettuce. E. S. 
3. V. Anric'ula (D(\); fi'. subglobo.se cro^^^led with 1 erect 
membranous leaf, barren relh larger than the fertile one injlated 
contiguous lijiving a naiTow furrow between tliem, fl. scattered. 
—Fedia E. B. S. 2809. V. dentata I)(!., R. xii. 70S).— About a 
foot high. Fl. distant, in X\u\ forks of a repeatedly forked vyiwe. 
Lower 1. obovate attiiiuiate downwards, upper 1. oblong. Bracts 
ciliate. Section of the fruit nt^arly round. Crown of one oblong 
blunt obliquely truncate tooth, sometimes with a minute tooth 
