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LILY OF THE Y ALLEY. ^Oonvalearia MajalU,) 



Called also May Lily. 



Detcrip. — It has a slender creeping root that runs upon 

 the surface of the earth, shooting out two or three leaves, 

 oblong, round, and full of nerves, five or six inches long, 

 from the middle of which rises a stalk about a span hish, 

 angular and slender ; bearing six or seven flowers in a spike, 

 one above another, and looking all one way ; they are small, 

 hollow, and round, of one leaf cut into five parts, of a 

 pleasant grateful scent, which are succeeded by small round 

 red berries, like those of Asparagus. 



Place. — It grows on heaths and other open situations. 



Time, — It flowers in May, the seed ripens in September. 



Government and Virtues, — It is under the dominion of 

 Mercury, and therefore strengthens the brain. The distil- 

 led water dropped into the eyes helps inflammation there. 

 The spirit of the flowers distilled in wine, restores speech, 

 helps the palsy, and is ^ood in the apoplexy, and comforts 

 the heart and vital spirits. It is also of service in disor- 

 ders of the head and nerves, such as epilepsy, vertigo, and 

 oonvolsions of all kinds, swimming in the head ; and are 

 made use of in errhines and cephahc snuff. 



LILY (WATER)— ("-^wjpAoa Odorata.) 



Deeorip, — The white Lily has very lar^e and thick dark 

 green leaves Ijring on the water, sustained by long and 

 thick foot-stalks, that rise from a great, thick, roun(^ and 

 tnberous black root, spongy or loose, with many knobs 

 thereon, like eyes, and whitish within ; from which rise 

 similar stalks, sustaining one great flower thereon, green 

 on the outside, but as white as snow within, consisting of 

 divers rows of long and somewhat thick and narrow leaves, 

 ■mailer and thinner the more inward they be, encompas- 

 smg a head with many yellow threads or thrums in the 

 micldle ; where, after they are past, stand round like pop- 

 py-heads, full of broad, oily, bitter seed. The yellow kind 

 IS different only in having fewer leaves on the flowers, and 

 greater and more shining seed, and a whitish root, within 

 and without The roots of both are somewhat sweet. 



Place. — They grow in pools, and standing water, and in 

 slow nmnine rivers in different parts of this country. 



Time. — They flower mostly about the end of May, and 

 th« leed is ripe in August. 



