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CLASS III. TRIANDEli. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
20. Fedia, Gsertr de fr- et sem. 2, p. 36, ( Dipsacea, ) 
Calix 3 or 4 toothed. Corolla tubular, 5 -cleft. 
Capsule crowned with the persistent calix, 3- 
celled ; only one of the cells usually fertile. 
Nutt. 
fadiata. 2. F. kaves spathulate-oblong, nearly entire ; fruit 
pubescent, somewhat 4«sided, naked at the point. 
Mich. 
Valeriana locusta, radiata. Lin. sp« pi. 4§. 
Lambs'^ lettuce. Cornsallad. Lettuce Valerian* 
A beautiful plant when in flower, and without doubt indige- 
nous to this neighbourhoods I suspected, when I first met 
with it, that it had escaped from the gardens, but have 
repeatedly since found it in situations where it evidently 
grew wild • Flowers light blue, sometimes white . This plant, 
in its young state, when only the radical leaves have appeared, 
constitutes the corn^sallad of our tables. It is cultivated in 
great abundance in all the kitchen gardens near the city, and 
is to be found plentifully in ©ur markets, during nearly the 
whole year. Often met with in fields west of the Schuylkill, 
but most abundant between the upper-ferry bridge (near Le° 
mon-hill) and Kingsess Gardens, along the course of the 
Schuylkill, and not far from its margins » In great profusion 
between Market street bridge and the upper-ferry, along the 
declivity of the high bank. Annual. June, July, 
21. Iris, Gen. pi, 97. f Irides^J 
Corolla 6-parted, large; three of the lamina 
erect ; the other 3 reflected, with or without 
a crest or beard on the inner side, and bear- 
