1043. Valeriana Brunoniana (W. & A.:) herbaceous,
glabrous or very slightly puberulous:
stems erect with 1-2 pairs of leaves near the root,
and another small pair about the middle, slightly
hirsute on the knots : leaves somewhat fleshy ; lower
ones quite entire, ovate, bluntly acuminated, long-
petioled, the radical one often emarginate at the
base ; uppermost or small pair somewhat sessile,
narrow oblong, entire or toothed along the margin :
corymb terminal, trichotomous, panicled, with a pair
of foliaceous bracteas similar to the uppermost leaves
subtending the principal branches : corolla 5-cleft:
fruit linear-oblong, glabrous.— TT.andA.Prod.p. 443.
Common in pasture lands on the Hill sides all
over the hills, flowering during the rains. It generally
attains a larger size than the speciinen represented:
In the figure the pubescence is a little too distinct
but it varies in that respect.
1044. Valeriana L eschenaultii (D. C.) herbaceous
: stem erect, simple, with the knots hairy, otherwise
glabrous : radical leaves petioled, ovate, obtuse,
crenated, hirsute on both sides; stalk-leaves remote,
small, sessile, the uppermost cut in a pinnated manner
into 3-5 linear glabrous lobes, the odd one the
longest: corymb contracted : fruit villous.—IF. and
A . Prod. p. 444.
This, like the preceding, grows in pastures, but
prefers richer soil and shade, being met with about
the skirts of woods in moist soil: though nearly
allied, it seems distinct from the other both in characters
and habit. In my specimens the leaves and
petioles are ciliate. The fruit in this is pentangular,
in that compressed, furnished with 3 hairy nerves on
one side and one on the other.
1045 & 6. Valeriana Arnottiana (R.W.) herbaceous,
erect puberulous: radical leaves on long
petioles, unequally pinnated; about 2 pairs and an
odd one; lower pair of leaflets alternate, upper pair
opposite, all ovate or ovate-cordate, grossly, crenate-
serrated, the odd one much the largest; cauline ones
unequally pinnate about 3 pairs ; leaflets ovate or
cordate, crenately dentate,obtuse, slightly acuminate :
panicle large diffuse, divisions dichotomous: corolla
5-cleft, fruit compressed, 3 ribbed on the one side,
one on the other, very hairy between.
In woods near Sisparah, on the Neilgherries, also
on the Pulney mountains, flowering April and September.
This appears very distinct from V. Hooker-
iana the species to which it most nearly approaches.