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This genus cf plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 

 Linnxuis's fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogy- 

 nia, from the flower having five ftamina and one 



ftyle. 



The Species are, 



1. CoNOCARPus {Ere5Ia) foliis lanceolatis crefla. Lin. Sp. 

 250. Uprighl CGHOcarpus "Ji'itb fpcar-fcapcd leaves. ^ Rud- 

 beckia crcdta longifolia. Hoult. MSS. Commonly called 

 Button-tree in the Weft-Indies. 



2. CoNOCARpus (Prccumkns) frutefcens, procumbens, 

 foliis ovatis, crafTis, floribus alaribus & terminalibus. 

 Shrubby trailing Conocarpus 'with o-val thick leaves^ and 



[ jlowers grrjoing on the fides ^ at the ends of the branches, 



- Rudbeckiamaritimaprocumbensrotundifolia. Houft. 



MSS. Maritime trailing Rudbeckia^ with a round^ 



leaf ' ■ ' ■ ^ * 



The firft fort grows plentifully in moft of the fandy 

 bays, in all the iflands of <he \Veft-Indies/ It rifes 

 with a woody upriglit ftem about fixteen feet high, 

 fending out many fide branches, which alfo grow 

 ercft -, thcfe are garnifhed with fpear-fliaped leaves, 

 having broad fliort foot-ftalks, and are placed al- 

 ternate on every fide the branches. The flowers grow 

 vpon Tnort branches, which arife from the wings of 

 the leaves-, thefe have three or four fmall leaves on 

 their lower part, under the flowers ; each of thefe 

 brandies are terminated by fix or eight conical heads 

 of flowers, which have fome refcmblance to thofe of 

 Acacia, but each of thefe come out of a fcaly coverings 

 the flowers arc finall, of a reddifh colour, having five 

 ■ flender ftamina, and one ftyle, which ftand out far- 

 • thcr than the petal. The flowers are fucceeded by 

 finG;le feeds, which are included in the fcales of the 



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CONSOLIDA MAJOR. 

 CONSOLIDA MEDIA. 



See Symphytum. 

 See BuGULA. 



CONSOLIDA MINIMA. See Bellis. 



CONSOLIDA REGALIS. See Delphinium. 



CONV ALL ARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant, 383. Lilium 

 Convallium. Tourn. Inft. R. H. yy. tab. 14. Lily of 

 the valley. To this genus Dr. Linnaius has joined the 

 Polygonatum of Tournefort, or Solomon's Seal. 



The Characters are, 

 T'he flozver hath 07ie petals i-vhich is hell-fhaped^ and di- 

 vided at the him into fix obtufe fegments ivhich fpread open 

 md arc reflexed. It hath no empalement. "it hath fix 

 ftajnina^ which are inferted into the petal-, but arefjorter., 

 icrininatcd by oblong fummits^ '•^hich are ercH. In the 



center is fituated a globular germcn^ fupporting a Jlendcr 

 ftyle-, which is longer than the ftamina., crowned by a three 

 cornered obtufe ftigma. The germen afterward becomes a 

 globular berry^ with three cellsy containing one roundifi 

 feed. 



This genus of plants is ranged In the firft feftion of 

 Linnjeus's fixth clafs, intitled Hexandria Monogynia, 

 the flower having fix ftamina and one ftyle. ' -. ' 

 • The Species are, 

 r. CoNVALLARiA {Majalis) fcapo nudo. Flor. Lapp. 

 113. Cvnvallaria with a naked ft alk, Lilium conval- 

 lium album. C. B. P. 304. JVhitc Lily of the Vdky, 

 There is a variety of this with reddifi^ flowers, which 

 is preferved in gardens, titled by Cafpar Bauhin Li- 

 lium Convallium florp rubente. Pin. 304. 



conical truit, ' ; ■ ' '" ■ 



The fecond fort hath fhort crooked branches, 'which 



divide andfpread out on every fide upon the ground; 



■ thefe are covered with a grayilh bark, and their upper 

 parts are garniflied with oval thick leaves, a little 

 larger than tRole of the DWiirf Box ; they have very 



• Ihort foot-ftalks, ^pd are placed on every fide the 

 ". branches without orde^r. The flowers are coUefted in 



fmall round heads, -which come out fingle from the 



■ fide of the branches, and in loofe fpikes at the end ; 

 - thefe are fmall, and of an herbaceous colour -, the 



* fcales are rough, and the cones are of a loofer texture 

 than thofe of the former fort. 



This was difcovered by the late Dr. William Houf- 

 toun, growing plentifully in the marfliy grounds near 

 the fca, at the Havannah, from whence he fcnt the 

 feeds to England, in 1730. 



Both thefe forts are preferved in fome curious gardens 

 for the fake of variety, but they are plants of no 

 great beauty : they are propagated from feeds, which 

 muft be obtained from the places of their natural 

 growth, for they never produce any good feeds in 

 Europe : thefe feeds, if they are frefli, will come up 

 very foon, if they are fown vipon a good hot-bed ; 

 and if the plants are potted, and ^preferved in the 

 bark-ftove, they will make great progrefs ; but they 

 are too tender to live in this country, unlefs they are 

 conftantly kept in the ftove, and treated in the fame 

 manner with other exotic plants ; obferving, as they 

 arc natives of fwamps, to fupply them often with 

 Ivater ; but in winter they muft have it very fparingly. 

 The plants are Evergreen, cafting off their old leaves 

 when the new come out. 





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Lilium Convallium latifolium. C. B. P/136. ^road^ 

 leaved Lily of the Valley, There is alfo a variety of 

 this with double variegated flowers which is prefervtd 

 in gardens. This Tournefort titles Lilium Conval- 

 Hum latifolium, flore pleno variegato. Inft. R. H. 77. 

 - Broad-leaved Lily cf the Valley ^ with a large va-ricgated 



flower. . ^ 



3. CoNVALLARiA {Multiflora) foliis alternis, amplcxi- 



caulibus caule tereti axillaribus peduncuhs mulriflori.';. 

 Convallaria with leaves placed alteryiate^ embracing the 

 taper ft alk^ whofefootftalks have many flowers, Poly- 

 gonatum latifolium vulgare. C. B. P. 305. Common 

 broad-leaved Solcmon^s Seal. 



4. Convallaria {Odorato) foliis alternis, femiamplexi- 

 ■ caulibus, floribus majoribus axillaribus, Convallaria 



^ with alternate leaves which half embrace the ftalks^ mi 

 I * larger fweet-fcentei flowers. ' Polygonatum latifolium, 

 I ' flore majore odoro. C. B. P. 303.: .:!: 



5. Qo^vAhhA-^iA'XPclygondtum) foliis alternis amplexi- 

 ; caulibus, caule ancipti, pedunculis axillaribus fubuni- 

 \ floris. Lin. Mat.' Med. 168. Convallaria with alternate 

 '^ leaves embracing the ftalks^ and foot-ftalks having cm 

 ." flower. Polygonatum floribus ex fingula tribus pe- 



. dunculis. C, B. 3. p. 530. Common Solomon's Seal, 



6. Convallaria (Stellata) foliis amplexicaulibus plu- 

 riniis. Lin. Sp. 452. Convallaria with fn any leaves enh 

 bracing the ftalks. Polygonatum Canadenfe Ipicatum 

 fertile. Cornut. Canad. 33. - .. 



7. Convallaria {Verticillata) foliis verticillatis. Flor. 

 Lapp. 114. Convallaria with leaves growing in whorls. 

 Polygonatum anguftifolium, non ramofum, C. B. P. 



3^3- 



8. Convallaria {Racemofa) foliis feflllibus, facemo 



terminal! compofito. Lin. Sp. Plant. 452. Connjallaria 

 with leaves fitting clofe to the ftalks., which are terminated 

 by compound fpikes of flowers. Polygonatum Virginia- 

 num ere£tum, fpicatum, flore ftellato fteriii. Mor. 



9. Convallaria {Bifolia) foliis cordatls. Flor, Lapp. 

 T 13. Convallaria with hearf-fhaped leaves, ' This is the 

 Smilax unifolio humillima. Tourn. Inft. App. 564. 

 Loweft Smilax with a fingle leaf\ and the Lilium Con- 

 vallium minus, C. B. P. 304. The la^fi Lily of the 

 Valley, | . . . ' 



The firft fort grows naturally in great plenty in the 



woods near Woburn, in Bedfordlhire, from whence 



the markets in London arc generally fupplicd with 



the flowers. It is alfo cultivated in gardens for the 



fweetnefs of the flowers, and formerly it grew in great 



plenty on Plampftead-heath, but of late years it has 



been feldom found there ; for fince all the trees have 



been deftroyed, the plants have not flowered there as 



formerly, nor have the roots increafed. 



This hath a flender fibrous root, which creeps under 



the furface of the ground, and thereby propagates 



in great plenty. The leaves come up by pairs; their 



foot-ftalks, which are about three inches long, arc 



wrapped together in one cover, and at the top divide 



into two parts, each fuftaining a fingle leaf, one oi' 



which rifes a little above the other; thefe leaves ars 



from four to five inches long, and near an inch and 



a half broad in the middle, leflTening gradually to 



both endsi they have many longitudinal veins, running 



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