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CHAP. XII 



Of the Lilly of the Vally 



The Kinds. 



F this Lilly I find but two sorts, i. Lill3^-Convally with 

 white flowers. 2 Lilh'-Convally with red flowers. 



The Forme, 



The Lilly of the Valley hath leaves, fomewhat like unto other 

 white Lillies, or rather like unto the leaves of the fmallest water 

 Plantains, among which doth a flender and fmall ftalk fpring up ; 

 in the top of which grow forth little fsmall white flowers, like little 

 bells, with turned edges, and of a pleafant fmell ; which being paft 

 there come fmall red berries, much like the berries of Afparagus; 

 wherein the feed is contained. The root is fmall and flender, creeping 

 farre abroad in the ground. 



The Temperature and Vertues. 



The Lillies of the Valley * =;= * ftops the paffages of the Leprofy 

 beginning that the fame fpread no further abroad. * * The 

 water alfo affwageth the swellings of the stingings of Bee and 

 Wafps, if it be applyed to the part. * * * The wine is more 

 precious than Gold; for if any one that is troubled with the 

 Apoplexy drink thereof, with fix grains of Pepper, and a little 

 Lavander water, they fhall not need to fear it that moneth; * * * 

 Six ounces of the water of the flowers, helpeth thofe that are poj^foned 

 or bit with a mad dog, and being drunk fourty daies, it doth away the 

 falling Scknelfe. * * * Gerard faith, That a glaffe being filled with 

 the flowers of May Lillies, and fet in an Ant-hill with the mouth 

 dole ftopped for a months fpace, and then taken out, you fhall find a 

 Liquor in the Glaffe, which being outwardly applyed helps the Gout 

 very much, 



{To be continued.) 



A NEW TERRESTRIAL ORCHID 



In November, 1903, during an excursion to the vicinity of 

 Camp Long\aew in the southern end of the Everglades, Mr. J. J. 

 Carter, Mr. A. A. Eaton, and the writer discovered a peculiar 

 orchid in the pine woods along the trail about two miles north- 

 east of the point where the trail crosses Long Prairie. The plant 

 was first observed by Mr. Carter, and only two plants were found. 



