156 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convallaria. 



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 ^hiiejiowers, 

 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 aweet^owers, 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. rnultifiora. Common Solomon's Seal. 



Leaves alternate, clasping the round stem. Stalks axillary, 

 many-flowered. Stamens downy. 



C, multiflora. Linn. Sp. PL 452, mild. v. 2. 162. 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. ^307. 



C. foliis amplexicaulibus, caule tereti, &c. Mill. Ic. 67. t. 101./. 1. 



Polygonatum. RaiiSyn.263. Ger.Em.903.f. Dod. Pempt.345.f. 

 Matfh.Valgr.v. 2. 304./. 



P. n. 1243. Hall.Hist.v.2.\\9. 



P. vulgatius. Camer. Epit. 693. f. 



P. latifolium vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 303. 



P. latifolium primum. Clns. Hist. v. 1 275. f. 



P. majus Matthioli. Dalech. Hist. 1623./. 



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



Sigillum Salomonis latifolium. Trag. Hist. 399. f. 



|S. Polygonatum humile anglicum. Rati 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. 



/3. In Wiltshire, found by Mr. P. More. Bobart. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Root much like the last. Stem 2 feet high, round and smooth. 

 Leaves of a rather lighter green than the preceding. Fl. from 2 

 to 5 on each stalk, very faintly scented, more cylindrical and 

 elongated than in C. ' Polygonatum, with smaller segments, 

 scarcely folding over each other. Filaments downy, as first re- 

 marked by Professor Hooker. According to the same authority, 

 and that of Redoute, the berries are of a blucish black, as de- 

 scribed in Fl. Brit., though Tragus paints them red. I cannot 

 now trace the origin of the same mistake in Engl. Bot. 



