434 Mr. CuTLER's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
RED LILY. Blofloms red, fpotted with black. | Common 
en borders of meadows. July. 
UVULARIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 373. 
Uvularia foliis fefilibus. | Sytt. Nat. 
| BELLWORT. Sweet-/melling Solomon’s Seal. . Jacob's: Ladder. 
Blofloms whitifh. Common in wood land. May. | 
The young fhoots may be eaten as — The roots are 
nutritious, and are ufed in diet-drinks. - | 
ORNITHOGALUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 577. 
«Ornithogalum fcapo angulofa dipbyllo, pedunculis umbellatis 
Jimplicibus. Syft. Nat. A 
BETHLEMSTAR. Bloffoms yellow. Common i in grafs land 
and amongft buthes.. May. 
"The bulbous roots are nutritious and wholefome. It makes 
beautiful edgings for borders in gardens. 
CONVALLARIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 383. 
Convallaria foliis epiniai parimi, racemo terminali 
fimplici? Syft. Nat. 
SOLOMON” SEAL, Leaves alternate, andare rather feffile than 
embracing the ftem. Bloffoms white. Berries red, or black. 
In rich wood land. May. 
The young fhoots may be eaten as a ari ie: The roots 
are nutritious, 
Convallaria foliis cordatis. Syft. Nat. | 
HAREWORT. Adder’s Tongue. One radical leaf ; two ftem- 
leaves. Blofloms white. Berries red. Common amongít 
bufhes in moift land. May. 
In this, plant we have. an inftance of the wrong: application 
of an — name.—It is called Adder’s Tongue, and miftaken 
for 
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