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GENUS III. 
VALERIANA, Neck. THE VALERIAN. 
Lin. Sffst. TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Limb of calyx involute in the time of i cylindrical tube, which is equal at the base or gibbous, but not spurred, 
blossom, but it unfolds itself at last into a deciduous pappus, which is with a bluntly five-cleft limb, rarely three-cleft. Stamens three, 
composed of many plumose bristles. Corolla, with an obconical or | (G. Don.) 
Descbiption, &c. — The common Valerian ( F. officinalis) is well known for its medicinal properties, and the 
fondness cats have for the smell of its roots ; it is not, however, sufficiently ornamental to be worth cultivating 
as a garden-flower. Of the other species, though they amount to nearly a hundred in number, the only one 
common in British gardens is V. dioica, the common Marsh Valerian. 
1.— VALERIANA DIOICA, Lin. THE DlffiCIOUS, OR MARSH VALERIAN. 
Synonyme, — V. eylvestris. Gray. leaves pinnatifid, with linear oblong lobes. Flowers dicecious, corymbs 
Specific Character. — Plant glabrous, erect. Stems striated. of the male flowers loose, of the female ones contracted ; lobes of 
Radical leaves petiolate ovate, or subspatulate, undivided; cauline stigma almost combined. Fruit glabrous. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This plant is a native of Britain, growing freely in chalky soils, and flowering 
abundantly. It never thrives unless there is a degree of moisture in the soil. 
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Character ok the Order. — Calyx adherent, with a variable limb. 
Coi'oUa monopetalous, inserted near the top of the calycine tube, 
usually unequal, four or five cleft. Stamens four, epipetalous. Style 
DIPSACE^. 
one, simple. Fruit indehiscent, membranons, or subnucumentaceous, one- 
celled, one -seeded, crowned by the limb of the calyx. Seed pendulous, 
albumen fleshy. (C Don.) 
Description, &c. — Very few plants are included in this order, but they are very interesting ones. The 
principal is the Teazel, or Clothier's Brush {Dipsacus), but that plant possesses no beauty to render it deserving 
of cultivation. The order itself was formerly included in Valerianace® ; but it diflFers widely from that order, 
and agrees much more nearly with Compositss, as the florets grow in heads on a common receptacle. The plants 
belonging to Dipsaceae, however, differ from the CompositEe in having distinct stamens and pendulous albuminous 
seeds. Each flower has also a separate involucel, which has the appearance of a second calyx, Scaliosa is the 
most ornamental genus. 
GENUS I. 
MORINA, Toumefort. THE MORINA. 
Lin. Syst. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
OiiNEKic Character. — Involucel monophyllous, tubularly campanu- I Corolla ringent, with a long tube. Stamens two or four. Stigma 
lata, destitute of indentations spinously dentate on the margin. Calyx peltately capitate. Fruit crowned with the lobes of the calyx, and 
Willi an ovate tube, limb leafy two-cleft, lobes oblong entire, two-cleft. \ girded with the involucel. 
Description, &c. — Only two species of this genus are known; M. Persica, introduced in 1740, but long 
lost ; and M. longifolia, a native of the mountains of the north of India, introduced in 1838. This last is a hardy 
perennial, growing two or three feet high, and flowering freely from July till the end of autumn. Its habit of 
