YALERIANELLA. 
403 
axil of a persistent linear-lanceolate br. as long as or longer 
than itself. Spur very short, but not a mere gibbosity, origi- 
nating a little above the base of the tube, but not 4 of the way 
up, and far below the throat. Stam. a little longer than cor. 
Lobes of cor. subequal. 
The exact position of the spur seems variable. Grenier and 
Godron say “Cor. tres brevement gibbeuse sous la gorge.’’ 
Webb says “ tubo medio vel versus basim calcarato ; ’ ’ Desfon- 
taines, “ basi hinc gibboso,” as in the Mad. pi. 
2. Valeriaistella Poll. 
§ 1. Locust a DC. Fr. with 2 contiguous parallel subcon- 
Jluent barren cells larger than the fertile cell ichich is gibbous 
thickened and corky at the back. Dissepiment of barren 
cells incomplete or obliterated. 
1. V. olitoria Poll. Saboia or Alface da terra. Corn Salad 
or Lambs Lettuce. 
Branched dichotomousty from the base, mostly bushy ; st. 
and branches more or less furry or deflexedlv pubescent at the 
angles ; 1. softly ciliate at least downwards, undivided, the 
lower oblong-spathulate obtuse entire, the upper narrower less 
obtuse and slightly or irregularly repand-toothed ; ti. aggre- 
gate in small subglobose heads or close congested cymes with 
leafy ligulate spreading serrulato-ciliate involucral br. ; fr. large 
oblique ovately or rhomboidally roundish, compressed, trans- 
versely or circularly ribbed, crowned with one distinct tooth 
and 2-4 shorter indistinct teeth. — DC. iv. 625 ; WB. ! ii. 195 : 
Koch 372 ; Bab. 161 ; Gren. et Godr. ii. 58. — Valeriana olitoria 
Brot. i. 48. Valeriana Locusta Sm. EB. t. 811,- Ait. Hort. 
Kew. (ed. 2) i. 76 ; Bucli 195. no. 275. Valeriana Locusta a. 
olitoria Linn. Sp. 47 ; Desf. i. 30 (var. A). Fedia olitoria 
“ Vahl Enum. ii. 19 Hook. FI. Sc. i. 15 ; Sm. E. FI. i. 45. — 
Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 2, cc. Banks, walls and cornfields in the 
north general; 1 )0 da Cruz, Rib. tie Fayal up to the Pao de 
Bastiao, S. Vicente, Seixal on road to Rib. Fundo, &c. Apr.- 
Aug. — St. numerous branching from the root, 6-12 in. high, 
forming mostly a dwarf corymbose bushy tuft of a peculiar 
pale apple-gr. and more or less hirto-pubescent or furry down- 
wards at the angles, upwards nearly or quite smooth. L. 
sometimes all entire or all feebly repand-toothed, remarkably 
flaccid and quickly withering, their edges and midrib ciliato- 
pubescent. FI. pale blue in terminal stalked bracteated sub- 
globose heads, not sessile singly in the angles of the st., the 
leafy outer br. resembling an involucre. Fr. mostly quite smooth 
