TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Fedia. 
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Heart-leaved Valerian. Discovered by Mr. G. Don about ditches and 
walls at Blair-Adam, Kinross-shire, in 1782, and afterwards gathered 
about Glasgow and Edinburgh; also found by Dr. Brown, of the Univer¬ 
sity of Glasgow, at Daldowie, six miles from thence, and in woods at 
Cumbernauld and Pollok; P. July. E. Bot. E.)* 
(FE'DIA.f Bloss. five-cleft, protuberant at the base. Caps. 
crowned with the toothed calyx, without valves, of one 
to three fertile cells. Seeds solitary. Eng. FI. 
F. OLiTohtiA. Leaves linear, tongue-shaped, blunt. Flowers capitate. 
Capsule inflated, two-lobed. 
Curt. 319— E. Bot. 811— Ger. 242— Lob. Obs. 412. 2 —Ger. Em. 310. 2— 
Park. 812. 3— J. B. iii. 324. 1— H. Ox. vii. 16. n. 36. f. 2— Riv. 6. 2 — 
Locusta minima. 
Stem about one foot high, dichotomous, spreading. Leaves irregularly 
toothed or jagged. Flowers pale blue, in small dense, terminal heads, 
with an involucre beneath of oblong bracteas. 
As a species, this is readily distinguished from the following, observes Prof. 
Hooker, by the flowers being collected into thick heads, and more essen¬ 
tially by the shape of the capsule, which in the latter is narrow and pyri¬ 
form, with a long beak. In this and probably in other species, two of 
the cells of the capsule are abortive, and shrink up when the seed is ripe, 
so as not to be easily discoverable. 
Lamb’s Lettuce. Common Corn Salad. (Welsh: Diadwyth; Gwylaeth 
yr oen. F. olitoria. Vahi. Hook. Grev. Sm. Valeriana olitoria. Willd. 
V. locusta. Linn. Curt. With, to Ed. 7. Common in corn fields. 
A. April, July.| 
(F . denta'ta. Leaves linear, tongue-shaped. Flowers solitary in the 
forks of the stem. Capsule ovate, ribbed. Crown erect. 
E. Bot. 1370— El. Dan. 738— Col. Ecphr. t. 209. f. 2. 
Leaves narrower than in the foregoing. Bloss. smaller, purplish, not capi¬ 
tate, but in wide and loose corymbs, with the bracteas few, narrow, not 
forming a regular involucre. Fruit different in shape, marked with five 
elevated ribs, and crowned with three unequal, almost foliaceous teeth. 
A larger plant than the preceding: from one foot to eighteen inches high. 
Oval-fruited Corn Salad. Welsh: Gwylaeth yr oen deintiawg. F. 
dentata. Vahl. Hook. Grev. Sm. Valeriana dentata. Willd. E. Bot. 
With. Ed. 5 and 6. In corn-fields. Found in Cornwall by Mr. E. 
Forster, jun. in 1799. FJ. Brit. Also near South End, Essex ; and by 
Mr. Hatton, near Rowling, Wingham, Kent. E. Bot. Fulwell Hills 
and Cocken, Durham. About Dartford. Mr. Winch. Corn-fields south of 
Esher, Surry, in abundance. Mr. J. Woods, jun. Frequent in the corn¬ 
fields of Sussex. Mr. Borrer. In fields near Steveley and Bishop Monck- 
* (Scent of the root, and probably its qualities, agree with V. officinalis. Sm. E.) 
f (Fedia, derived from fedus, an ancient word synonimous with hcedus, a kid. E.) 
. X r fh e young leaves in spring and autumn are eaten as salad, and are very little infe¬ 
rior to young lettuce. Cattle eat it. (Mr. Holdich, in his Essay on the weeds of Agri¬ 
culture, states: “ As judicious husbandry will render harmless this humble intruder on 
tillage.lands, I shall just observe, that a small bed of rich garden earth, sown with the 
seeds in August, will supply an excellent portion of salad throughout the winter.” E.) 
