CXIX. 

 CONVALLARIA MAJALIS. 



Lily of the Valley. 



Class VI. Hexandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Liliace^e. 



Gen. Char. Perianth inferior, petaloid, deciduous, six- 

 cleft, globose, or cylindrical. Berry three-celled. 

 Seeds one or two in each cell. 



Spec. Char. Scape semi-cylindrical. Leaves two, 

 ovate-lanceolate, radical. Flowers racemose, globose- 

 campanulate, drooping. 



SYNONYMES. 



r Lilium convallium album. Bank. Pin. 304. Tourn. Paris. 

 485. 

 Lilium convallium. Ger. Em. 410. Raii Syn. 264. Dod. 



Pempt. 205. 

 Ephemerum non lethale. Fuchs. 241, c. 89. 

 Convallaria majalis. Lin. Sp. PI. 451. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 154. 

 v Eng. Bot. t. 1035. 

 French .... Muguet ; Muguet de Mai. 

 Italian .... Unifoglio ; Mughetto. 

 Spanish... . Lirio de los valles. 

 Portuguese. Unifolho. 

 German. . . . Mayblume. 



Dutch Lelie van den dale ; Lely Convaly. 



Danish .... Etblad. 

 Polish .... Konwalia. 

 Rush Landisch. 



Latin <^ 



Description. — The rhizoma, or root-stock, is perennial, creep- 

 ing, slender, whitish, and fibrous. The stem is a semi-cylindrical 

 scape, from four to six inches in height, supporting two radical 



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