HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convallaria. 153 



cell, externally globose, with a horny albumen^ and a 

 transverse embryo, far out of the centre. 

 Herbaceous or shrubby, branched, often prickly. Lca'oes 

 linear, narrow, tufted, very abundant. Fl. lateral, stalked, 

 drooping, of a greenish white. Berries red or black, fre- 

 quently perfecting but one seed. 



1 . A. officinalis. Common Asparagus, or Sperage. 



Stem herbaceous, round, erect, without prickles. Leaves 

 bristle-shaped, flexible. Stipulas mostly solitary. 



A. officinalis. Linn. Sp. PI. 448. Willd. v. 2. 150. Fl. Dr.369. 

 Engl. Bot. V.J. t.339. Hook. Scot. 103. Fl. Dan. t.805. EhrL 

 PI. Of. 143. 



A. n. 1239. Hall.Hist.v.2.\\7. 



Asparagus. Rail Si/n. 267. Matth. Falgr. v. \. 433. f. Camer. 

 Epit. 259./. Fuchs. Hist. 59. t. 58. 



A. sativus. Ger. Em. 1 1 10./. Mill. Ic. 37. t. bb.f. 1. 



A. marinus. Clus. Hist. v. 2. 179./. 



jS. A. maritimus, crassiore folio. Bauh. Pin. 490. Dill, in Rail 

 Syn. 267 ; excluding the reference to Clusius. 



On the sea coast, in sandy or stony places. 



Near Weymouth. Mr. Lambert. In several parts of the west and 

 south coasts of England. Rare in Scotland, according to Dr. 

 Hooker. 



/S. Near Llanfaelog, Anglesea. Mr. Llictjd, and Rev. H. Davies. 



Root somewhat creeping, with very long, stout, fleshy fibres ; the 

 crown densely scaly. Stems annual, erect, round, much branch- 

 ed, leafy, about a foot high j in the cultivated state 5 times as 

 tall J in (3 quite procumbent. Lea?;es tufted, small, bright green, 

 bristle-shaped, acute, smooth. Stipulas solitary, membranous, 

 lanceolate, occasionally accompanied by 2 minute interior ones 5 

 the uppermost short and torn. Fl. axillary, 2 or 3 together, 

 stalked, pendulous, bell-shaped, greenish, inodorous. Cor. much 

 more deeply divided than it appears in Engl. Bot. Style very 

 short. Stigmas separating to the very base as the fruit ripens. 

 Berry scarlet, the size of a red currant, not eatable. 



The sprouting stems, when rendered luxuriant by a very rich soil, 

 and boiled, are brought to every table. 



196. CONVALLARIA. Lily of the Valley, 

 and Solomon's Seal. 



Linn. Gen. 169. Juss. 42. H. Br. 370. Lam. t. 248. Gartn. t. 16. 

 Lilium Convallium j et Polygonatum. Tourn. t. 14. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 195. 



Cat. none. Cor. inferior, of 1 petal, bell-shaped, deciduous; 



