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CLASS VII. 
Herbs with Jim^le flowers^ and each flower 
fucceeded by a Jingle naked fled. 
Ray'j SyuGf, fl 200. 
V Aleriana, Valerian. The leaves grow by 
pairs upon the flalks : The flower is mono- 
petalous, tubulous, and divided into five feg- 
ments at the top : Thefe flowers are, for the 
mofl; part, coileded into a fort of umbel upon 
the top of the llalks, and fucceeded by oblong 
fiat feeds, winged with a foft down. The fpe^ 
cies are : 
* I. Valeriana fylvejlris major ^ R. 200, G.917. 
P. 1 2 2 . * Great W ild V alerian, 
2. Valeriana fylveftris major montana^ R. 200. 
Great wild Mountain V alerian, with narrow leaves. 
In moifl; paftures, near Buxton well : Above a ftony 
and thorny place called AJJowood^ in Berhyjhire, 
3. Valeriana fylvejlris mi nor ^ R. 200, P. 122. 
minor ^ G. 3. Small Wild Valerian, or Marfli Va- 
lerian. 
4. Valeriana fylvejlris feu palujlris minor altera^ 
R. 200. The other Small wild Valerian. It is much 
larger in all its parts than the laft, except the flowers^ 
winch are far lefs, and fet thicker and clofer toge- 
ther. T he two lafl; differ only in fex,* the firfl bearing 
male, and the lafl: female flowers. 
' 5. Valeriana rubra^ C. B. Pin. 165. Red Vale- 
rian. On Ely Minfter, near the top j and on walls 
in many other places. Mr. Martin, 
The roots of Valerian are good for the head and nerves j 
they provoke urine, and bring^uiown the menfes. 
Valeri ANELL A, Lambs Lettuce. The leaves grow 
by pairs : The branches are always divided into 
two parts, and appear at the top like an umbrel- 
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