HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convallaria. 153 



A. n. 1239. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 1 17. 



Asparagus. Ra'dSyn. 267. Matth. Valgr.v. 1. 433./. Camer. 

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



A. sativus. Ger. Em. 1110./. Mill.Ic. 37. t. 55./. 1. 



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



/3. A. maritimus, crassiore folio. Bauh. Pin. 490. Dill, in Raii 

 Si/n. 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. 



(3. Near Llanfaelog, Anglesea. Mr. Llwyd, and Rev. H. Davies. 



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

 crov>'n densely scaly. Stems annual, erect, round, much branch- 

 ed, leafy, about a foot high ; in the cultivated slate 5 times as 

 tall; in (5 quite procumbent. Leaves tufted, small, bright green, 

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

 lanceolate, occasionally accompanied by 2 minute interior ones ; 

 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. 



19G. CONVALLARIA. Lily of the Valley, 

 and Solomon's Seal. 



Linn. Gen. 169. Juss. 42. Fl. Br. 370. Lam. t.24S. Gcprtn. t. 16. 



Lilium Convallium 3 et Polygonatum. Tourn. t. ]4. 



Nat. Ord. see 7i. 195. 



CaL none. Cor. inferior, of I petal, bell-shaped, deciduous ; 

 the limb in 6 obtuse, spreading segments. Fi/am. awl- 

 shaped, c(|ual, inserted into some part of the tube of the 

 corolla, not reaching to the border. A/if/(. terminal, ob- 

 long, cloven, erect. Germen superior, roundish. Style 

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

 angular. H(T)i/ globular, of 3 cells. Seeds 2 in each 

 cell, externally globose, with a horny alhiimen ,- the ejn- 

 bnjo straight, " opposite to the scar." Gccrtfin: 



Perermial smooth /irrbs, with ribbed, entire leaves. Fl. 

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

 Berries red ; or blueish black ; observed by Linnauis 

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

 out exception. 



