334 ITCXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Convallaria. 



A Gravesend, and in the marshes below Cook's Folly, two miles 



fr >nj Bristol ; about Harwich and Greenwich. Ray. — Isle of 

 Portland. Fuds In the Salt Marshes below King's Weston. 



nea 



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Mullion 



July 



CONVALLVRIA. Bloss. 6- cleft: he 



superior: seeds 



shaped, 



maia'Us. C. Stalk naked : semi-cylindrical, flowers spiked, nodding. 



Curt. 502- Abbot* Fl. Bed. /. 7^-Ludw. 87-Kniph. 10- 

 Blacknu. 7^-Kniph. l-Matth. 875-Sheldr. 25-FL dan. 

 854-Gfr. 33 1. g-ffc 44. 7 -Park. 251. l-H. ox. xiii. 



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4. l-Ger. em. 410. 2-Dod. 205. l-Lob. obs. 87. l-Ger. 



verticilla'ta.C Lea 



em. 410. \-Walc.-Ger. 331. 1-Fuchs. 241-?. B.mi 

 531. Z-Trag. bll-Lotuc. i. 183. 2. 



Leaves elliptical, generally 2. Flowers few, growing from 

 one side. Fruit-stalks arched. Flower scales, one at the base 

 of each fruit-stalk, spear-shaped, membranaceous. Bloss. con- 

 tracted at the mouth ; segments reflected at the edge. Berries 

 red, Mr. Woodward. Bloss. white; highly fragrant. Linn. 



Lily of the Valley. May Lily. Lily Solomon's -seal. Woods 

 and heaths. Near Hampstead. [Castle Edendeane. Mr. Stefh. 

 Robson. Common in moist woods in Craven, Yorkshire. Mr. 



in Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. Rowdsey Wood, 

 illy. Mr. Jackson.] P. May.t 



(2) Blossoms funnel-shaped. 



Woods 



£. hot. 128-Clus. hist, u 277- l-Lob. ic. 805. l-Dod. 3*5* 



2-Ger. em. 903. 2~Fl. dan. 86. 



Leaves strap- spear-shaped, sitting, mostly in whirls. Fruit- 

 stalks, axillary, from 1 to 3 flowers on each. Bloss. yellow white, 

 nearly cylindrical. Berry red when ripe ; in its unripe state 

 marbled, but never blue. Mr. Brown. 



* The young shoots of this plant, in its cultivated state, are very uni- 

 versally esteemed for their flavour and nutritious qualities. They impart 

 to the urine the scent of water in which they have been boiled.— The 



Sparagus Chrysomela lives upon it. 



i The flowers highly fragrant, but when dried of a narcotic scent. 

 Reduced to powder they excite sneezing. An extract prepared from tiie 

 flowers, or from the roots, partakes of the bitterness, as well asdf the pur- 

 gative properties of aloes. The dose from 20 to 30 grains. A beautiful 

 and durable green colour may be prepared from the leaves by the assist- 



iince of lime. Sheep and goats eat it. Horses, cows, and swine refuse ft* 





