HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convallaria. 153 



A. n. 1 239. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 1 17. 



Asparagus. Rail Syn. 267. Matth. Valgr. v. I. 433. f. Camer. 



Epit. 259./. Fuchs. Hist. 59. t. 58. 

 A. sativus. Ger. Em. 1 110./. Mill. Ic. 37. t. 55./. 1. 

 A. marinus. Clus. Hist. v.2. 179./. 

 /S. A. maritimus, crassiore folio. Bauh. Pin. 490. Dill, in Rod 



Syn. 267 ; excluding the reference to Clusius. 



On the sea coast, in sandy or stony places. 



Near Weymouth. Mr. Lambert. In several parts of the west and 

 south coasts of England. Rare in Scotland, according to Dr. 

 Hooker. 



/3. Near Llanfaelog, Anglesea. Mr. Llwyd, and Rev. H. Davies. 



Root somewhat creeping, with very long, stout, fleshy fibres ; the 

 crown densely scaly. Stems annual, erect, round, much branch- 

 ed, leafy, about a foot high ; in the cultivated state 5 times as 

 tall; in |S quite procumbent. Leaves tufted, small, bright green, 

 bristle-shaped, acute, smooth. Stipulas solitary, membranous, 

 lanceolate, occasionally accompanied by 2 minute interior ones j 

 the uppermost short and torn. Fl. axillary, 2 or 3 together, 

 stalked, pendulous, bell-shaped, greenish, inodorous. Cor. much 

 more deeply divided than it appears in Engl. Bot. Style very 

 short. Stigmas separating to the very base as the fruit ripens. 

 Berry scarlet, the size of a red currant, not eatable. 



The sprouting stems, when rendered luxuriant by a very rich soil, 

 and boiled, are brought to every table. 



106. CONVALLARIA. Lily of the Valley, 



and Solomon's Seal. 



Linn. Gen. 169. Juss. 42. Fl. Br. 370. Lam. t. 248. Gcertn. t. 16. 

 Lilium Convallium ; et Polygonatum. Tourn. t. 1 4. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 195. 



Cal. none. Co7\ inferior, of 1 petal, bell-shaped, deciduous ; 

 the limb in 6 obtuse, spreading segments. Filam. awl- 

 shaped, equal, inserted into some part of the tube of the 

 corolla, not reaching to the border. Anth. terminal, ob- 

 long, cloven, erect. Ger men superior, roundish. Style 

 erect, triangular, swelling upwards. Stigma obtuse, tri- 

 angular. Berry globular, of 3 cells. Seeds 2 in each 

 cell, externally globose, with a horny albumen ,- the em- 

 bryo straight, " opposite to the scar." Gcertner. 



Perennial smooth herbs, with ribbed, entire leaves. Fl. 

 white, in some marked with green ; in several fragrant. 

 Berries red ; or blueish black ; observed by Linnaeus 

 to be speckled before they ripen ; but this is not with- 

 out exception. 



