154 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convallaiia. 



the limb in 6 obtuse, spreading segments. Filam. awl- 

 shaped, equal, inserted into some part of the tube of the 

 corolla, not reaching to the border. Anth. terminal, ob- 

 long, cloven, erect. Germe?i superior, roundish. Sti/Ie 

 erect, triangular, swelling upwards. Stigma obtuse, tri- 

 angular. Berry globular, of 3 cells. Seeds 2 in each 

 cell, externally globose, with a horny albumen ; the em- 

 hryo straight, " opposite to the scar." Gartner. 

 Perennial smooth herbs, with ribbed, entire leaves. Ft. 

 white, in some marked with green ; in several fragrant. 

 Berries red, or blueish black; observed by Linnffius 

 to be speckled before they ripen ; but this is not with- 

 out exception. 



1 . C. majalis. Lily of the Valley. 



Flower-stalk radical, naked, semicylindrical. Cluster simple. 

 Flowers drooping, cup-shaped, with rather distant seg- 

 ments. 



C. majalis. Linn. Sp. PL 451. Willd. v. 2. 160. Fl. Br. 370. Engl. 

 Bot. V. 15. t. 1035, Curt. Lond.fasc. 5. t. 24. Abbot 76. t. 2. 

 Hook. Scot. 103. Fl. Dan. t. 854. Redout. Liliac. t. 227. Bull. 

 Fr. t.2\9. 



Polygonatum n. 1241. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 1 18. 



Lilium convallium. RaiiSyn.264. Ger.Em.4\0.f. Matth. Falgr. 

 V. 2. 227./. Camer. Epit. 618. /. Brunf. Herb. v. 1.211./. 

 Trag. Hist. 572. f. 



Lamium tertium. Clus. Pann. 596./. only. 



Ephemerum non letale. Fuchs. Hist. 239. t. 240. 



In groves, heathy ground, or rocky woods. 



Perennial. May. 



Roots thread-shaped, creeping, much entangled. Leaves two, radi- 

 cal, elliptical,'3 or 4 inches long, acute, entire, many-ribbed, 

 smooth, stalked. Footstalks longer than the leaves, erect, chan- 

 nelled, folded, clasping each other, sheathed at the base with 

 several purplish scales. Flower-stalk solitary, simple, radical, on 

 the outside of the footstalks within the uppermost sheath, smooth, 

 naked, semicylindrical, bearing a simple, curved cluster, of se- 

 veral pendulous, very elegant and very sweet-scented, white 

 Jlowers. Bracteas lanceolate, solitary at the base of each partial 

 stalk. Tube of the corolla nearly hemispherical ; limb in 6 deep, 

 broad, recurved lobes, with wide rounded interstices. Berry as 

 large as a black currant, scarlet- 

 There are varieties with double, or with purple,^owers, sometimes 

 seen in gardens, but not easy of cultivation, and far less elegant 

 than the wild kind, which is among the most favourite of our 

 native flowers. 



