Valeriana Locusta 
Corn Sallad 
VALERIANA Lin. Gen. PI. Triandria Monogynia. 
Cal. o. Cor. i -petala, ball hinc gibba, fupera. Sent. t. 
VALERTANA Locujla floribus triandrie, caule dichotomo, foliis linearibus. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. /.73. 
Sp. PI. p. 47. FI. Suec. n. 36. 
VALERIANA foliis oblongis, rariter incifis, corona feminis fimplici, acuminata. Haller Hifi. 
VALERIANA Locujla. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 46. 
VALERIANA campeftris inodora major. Bauh. Pin. 1 65. 
VALERIANE LLA arvenfis pnecox humilis femine compreflb. Mor. U/nb. 
LACTUCA agnina. Ger. emac. 310. Park. ^,12. Rail Syn. p. 201 . Lamb’s-Lettuce or Corn- Sallet. 
Hudjon. FI. Angl. ed. 2 . p. 13. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 85. 
RADIX annua, fibrofa, pallide fufca. 
CAULIS ere&us, fpithamaeus, pedalis et ultra, pro 
ratione loci, teres, angulato-flriatus, fubpu- 
befcens, tener, ad unum latus fiepius purpu- 
rafcens, dichotomus. 
FOLIA radicalia, plurima, patentiufcula, fubfuccu- 
lenta, glabra, venofa, fubrugofa, obovata, 
obfolete dentata, caulina oppofita, feflilia, 
remota, ad bafin praefertim ciliata, fuberedta, 
fuprema fubferrata. 
FLORES minimi, coerulefcentes, corymbofi. 
CALYX nullus. 
COROLLA longitudine germinis, tubulofa, fubvio- 
lacea, quinquefida, laciniis rotundatis, paten- 
tibus, fubsequalibus, Jig. 1. 
STAMINA: Filamenta tria, alba, longitudine co- 
rollas. Anthers parvas, albas, Jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, nudum, majufcu- 
lum, obovatum, viride, utrinque linea exara- 
tum, hinc convexum, fubgibbofum, inde pla- 
niufculum, fig. 4. Stylus flaminibus paulo 
brevior. Stigma trifidum, Jig. 3. 
SEMINA plurima, nuda, pallide fufca, fubrotunda, 
acutiufcula, parum comprefla, tranfverfim ru- 
goh, Jig. 5. 
ROOT annual, fibrous, of a pale brown colour. 
STALK upright, from four inches to a foot or more in 
height, according to its place of growth, 
round, grooved or angular, flightly downy, 
tender, ufually purplifli on one fide, dichoto- 
mous. 
LEAVES next the root numerous, fomewhat fpreading, 
flightly fucculent, fmooth, veiny, a little 
wrinkled, inverfely ovate, faintly toothed, 
thofe of the flalk oppofite, feflile, remote, at 
the bafe particularly, edged with hairs, fome- 
what upright, the uppermoft ones flightly 
ferrated. 
FLOWERS very minute, of a blueifh colour, growing 
in a corymbus. 
, CALYX wanting. 
COROLLA the length of the germen, tubular, faintly 
violet-coloured, divided into five fegments, 
which are roundifh, fpreading, and nearly 
equal, Jig. 1. 
STAMINA : three Filaments of a white colour, the 
length of the corolla. Anthers fmall and 
white. Jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM : Germen placed below the corolla, naked, 
rather large, inverfely ovate, green, having a 
narrow groove on each fide, convex and fome- 
what gibbous on one fide, flattifh on the other, 
fig. 4- Style a little fhorter than the fla- 
mina. Stigma trifid, fig. 3. 
SEEDS numerous, naked, of a pale brown colour 
roundifh, a little pointed, fomewhat flattened* 
and tranfverfely wrinkled, fig. 5. 
In treating of the Valeriana dioica we had occafion to notice the extreme inconftancy of the fructification in this 
gemis ; an inconftancy fiercely to be paralleled in any other tribe, and aflbaing not only the Linniean fiV 
oFthe fad°'‘ ^ be founded on dfe form of the corolla', o^ftruSore 
are furnifhed with a pappus or dotfa 
The prefent plant is a well known culinary one; the radical leaves are in p-enrral r • • . , 
eaLnbLin^ 8 ’ “ d ««» : the French call them Salad tie Prefer, from thek'blng ge^ 
Sk Ic^d ^ ^ 
more than ufually ferrated. A variety of this fort is made a -fnecies of by Rav There am fit tb 
mentioned by L.NNAttis in his Specks Plantarum, which have not come under our obfervat on VariM,eS 
It flowers in May, and ripens its feed in June. ^ 
