1'70 HEXANDRlA MOtfOGYHIA. [CL. VI. 



About a foot high : leaves tufted, small, bright- green : flowers 

 axillar, two or three together, greenish- white : berry scarlet. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in August : grows on the sea-coast in the south 

 and south-west of England: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 339. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 153. 520. 



13. CONVALLA'RIA. SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



Calyx none. Corolla inferior, of one petal, bell-shaped, de- 

 ciduous, with six obtuse segments. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong, erect. Germen glo- 

 bular. Style thread-shaped, longer than the stamens ; stigma 

 triangular, obtuse. Berry globular, three-celled. Seeds two 

 in each cell, roundish. Name from convallis, a valley. 192. 



1. C. majdlis. Lily of the Valley. Stalk naked, semi-cylindri- 

 cal ; cluster simple ; flowers drooping, cup-shaped. Leaves two, 



radical, elliptical, ribbed, stalked, pale-green : flowers white, ele- 

 gant, sweet-scented : berry scarlet. Perennial : flowers in May : 

 grows in woods, but has probably been introduced : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1035. Eng. Fl. vol. ii.p. 154. 521. 



2. C. verticilldta. Narrow-leaved Solomon's Seal. Leaves nar- 

 row, lance-shaped, in whorls. Stem erect, about two feet high, 



naked below, leafy above : flower-stalks axillar, solitary, each bear- 

 ing from two to four pendulous white flowers : berry deep-blue. 

 Perennial : flowers in June : grows in woods, in Scotland : very 

 rare. Den Rechip, near Dunkeld, and woods near Blair-gowrie. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 128. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 155. 522. 



3. C. polygondtum. Angular Solomon s Seal. Leaves alternatef, 

 embracing the stem ; flower-stalks axillar, mostly one-flowered ; 



stamens smooth. Stem from twelve to eighteen inches high : 



flowers white, with a green line running down each segment, which 

 is bearded at the tip : berries black. Perennial : flowers in May 

 and June : grows in rocky mountainous woods, in England : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 280. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 155. 523. 



4. C. multiflora. Common Solomon's Seal. Leaves alternate, em- 

 bracing the stem ; flower-stalks axillar, many-flowered ; stamens 



downy. Stem two feet high : flowers from two to five on each 



stalk, the segments white, tipped with green : berries bluish-black. 

 Perennial: flower sin May and June: grows in Avoods and thickets, 

 in England and Scotland : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 

 279. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 156. 524. 



14. A'COKUS. SWEET ELAG. 



Calyx none. Spadix naked, cylindrical, simple, covered with 

 sessile flowers. Petals six, inferior, equal, obtuse, concave. 

 Filaments thickish, erect, a little longer than the petals; an- 

 thers thick, terminal, two-lobed. Germen superior, oblong, as 

 long as the stamens. Style none ; stigma hemispherical. Cap- 

 sule triangular, abrupt, three-celled. Seeds several, between 

 egg-shaped and oblong. Named from a, without, and corion, 

 the pupil of the eye, in diseases of which it was once used. 



193. 



2. A. Calamus. Sweet Flag. Myrtle Flag. Leafy summit of the 

 flower-stalk rising far above the spadix. Leaves erect, two or 



