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VALERIANA Cornucopiz. 
Purple Valerian. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Dipsacum. Jussieu gen. 194. 
Div. IT. Flores distincti. 
VALERIANA. Cal. simplex superus 5-6-(3-4)-dentatus, aut 
marginatus subinteger maturatione in pappum plumosum_evolvendus. 
Cor. tubulosa basi calcarata aut gibba, limbo 5-fido equali aut rarits 
inequali. Stam. sepé 3, rarits 1-2 aut 4. Stig. 1-3. 
sum, aut capsula 2-3-loc. 2-3-sperma (modo loculamento 1 fertili) apice 
nuda aut calycinis dentibus coronata. “Caulis herbaceus. Folia opposita. 
ores plerdmque corymbosi terminales. Jussieu |. c. 195. 
V. Cornucopia, (diandra, irregularis ;) foliis ovatis nervosis, radicalibus 
spathulatis, caulinis sessilibus. Vahl enum. 2. 19; (sub Fepra), 
Valeriana Cornucopie. Linn. sp. pl. 1.144. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 12. 
Desfont. atl. 1.29. Hort. Kew. 1, 51. ed. 2. 1. 76. 
23. t. 32. Lamarck encyc. 8. 312. 
Fedia incrassata. Manch meth. 486. 
Fedia Cornucopie. Gaertn. sem. 2. 37. t. 86..f. 3. Vahl loc. cit. Lam. 
et Decand. jl. franc. 4. 246. 
Valerianella cornucopioides. Rivin. monop. t. 5. 
Valerianella cornucopioides, flore galeato. Tournef. Inst. 133. 
Pseudo-valeriana cornucopioides annua purpurea. Moris, hist. 3. s. 7. 
104. t. 16. fig. 27. 
Valeriana indica. Clus. hist. 2. 54. 
Radix fusiformis. Caulis ramosissimus, patens, teres, glaber, carnosus, 
Joliosus. Folia opposita, subcarnosa, levia, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, basi im- 
primis dentata ; inferiora petiolata ; superiora subsessilia, bast angustata. 
Cyme terminales, subtrichotome. Pedunculi incrassati, carnosi. ractese 
imbricata, lanceolate, ciliate. Flores erecti, rosei. Cal. superus, bipartitus ; 
lacintis patentibus, ovatis,. acutis, persistentibus. Corolle tubus recuse 
geniculatus, subtus brevissimé calcaratus ; limbus bilabiatus ; 5fidus, abio in- 
Jeriore basi pallido, trilineato. Stamina pi erecta, exserta, longitudine Jere 
limbi: anth. cerulee. Stylus longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum. Caps. 
elliptica, ventricosa, 3-locularis, calyce coronata: sem. solitaria, oblonga. 
Smith in Flor. greec. ad loc. cit. 
Fil. ereca. 1. 
A genus consisting of species naturally connected im 
respect of their general features, yet curiously inconstant in 
the form and numbers of the parts of both flower and fruit, 
and consequently not easily framed together by a technical 
character. Varies through the different species from with 
one to with 2, 3, and 5 stamens; from with a globular, 
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