156 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convallaria. 



In rocky mountainous woods, rare. 



On the ledges of the cliffs near Wherf and Settle, Yorkshire ; 

 T. Willisel. Rmj. In Kent. Mr. J. Rmjer. Woods near Bexley 

 and Dartford. Mr. Graves. On Kyloe rocks, a few miles south 

 of Berwick. Mr. A. Bruce. Never found in Norfolk. 



(S. In woods on the north side of Mendip hills, Somersetshire. 

 Bobart. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Root fleshy, creeping, abounding with mucilage, which may be 

 separated, by grating and washing, in the form of starch. Bread 

 is reported to have been made of these roots, in the north of 

 Europe. The stem is 12 or 18 inches high, angular, or some- 

 what two-edged, wavy, leafy, a little curved at the upper part. 

 Leaves broadly elliptical, acute, ribbed, plaited ; clasping, and 

 more or less tapering, at the base. Stalks axillary, drooping, 

 bearing 1, rarely 2, pendulous, conical, green and white^oz/jer*, 

 smelling powerfully like Hawthorn, or even Heliotropium peru- 

 vianum. Their segments overlap each other, and are bearded at 

 the point. Filaments smooth. Berry dark blue. A variety with 

 double, very sweet j^otwers, is sometimes seen in gardens. 



We are obliged to Professor Hooker for pointing out the smooth 

 stamens of this species, and the straight style, as distinguishing 

 it from the following. There are however sufficient characters 

 besides. 



4. C. mult'ijiora. Common Solomon's Seal. 



Leaves alternate, clasping the round stem. Stalks axillary, 

 many-flowered. Stamens downy. 



C. multiflora. Linn. Sp. PL 452. Willd. v. 2. 102. Fl. Br. 372. 



Engl. Bot. V.4. t. 279. Hook. Land. t. 37. Scot. 105. Fl. Dan. 



t. 152. Dreves Bilderb. t. 52. Bull. Fr. t. 307. 

 C. foliis amplexicaulibus, caule tereti, &c. Mill. Ic. 67. t. 101./. I. 

 Polygonatura. Rail Sy7i.263. Ger. Em.dOS.f. Dod.Pempt.Mo.f. 



Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 304./- 

 P. n. 1243. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 119. 

 P. vulgatius. Camer. Epit. 693./. 

 P. latifolium vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 303. 

 P. latifolium primum. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 275./. 

 P. majus Matthioli. Dalech. Hist. 1623. f. 

 P, multiflorum. Redout. Liliac. t. 229. 

 Sigillum Salomonis latifolium. Trag. Hist. 399./. 

 jS. Polygonatum humile anglicum. Rail Syn. 263. 

 In woods and thickets, not very common. 

 In various parts of Berkshire. Ray. In Hampshire and Kent. Dil- 



lenius. In a clay-pit at Gorleston, Suffolk, near Yarmouth. 



Dr. Hooker. 

 jS. In Wiltshire, found by Mr. P. More. Bobart. 

 Perennial, May, June, 



