HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Acorus. 95 



(^Asparagus officinalis. Common Asparagus. E. B. 

 SS9. G. E. 1110. Near Thornbury, Glouc. Tur.) 



CONVALLA'RIA.' Lily of the Valley, and 

 Solomon's Seal. 



C. majalis.^ Lily of the V. Flower -stalk immediately 

 from the root, naked, semicyhndrical. Cluster simple. 

 Flowers drooping, cup-shaped, with rather distant seg- 

 ments. E. B. 1035. C. 5. 24. Lilium convallium. 

 G. E. 410. 



Groves, heathy ground, rocky woods.** In the Beech- Woods, near 

 Stokenchurch. Sb. Copse near Childswell Farm. J. Ireland, 

 Esq. and Bx. 



Per. May. 



Roots matted, creeping. Stalks scaly. Ls. mostly two, imme- 

 diately from the root, long-stalked, elliptic, ribbed. Fl.-stalk 

 solitary, naked, shorter than the Is. Fl. wliite, racemed, highly 

 fragrant. Berry ripe, scarlet. 

 The powdered ji. excite sneezing. From the Is. a beautiful 



green colour prepared with lime. 



Garden var. fl. double, or purple. One of our most favourite 



wild flowers. Extract from the fl., or roots purgative. Dose, 



twenty to thirty gr. 



(C. multijiora. Common SolomorHs Seal. Leaves alter- 

 nate, clasping the round stem. Stalks axillary, many- 

 flowered. Stamens downy. E. B. 279. H. L. SJ . 

 Polygonatum. G. E. 903. 



Woods, thickets. Corpus Wood, Streatley, Berks. Dr. TVilliams, 



Bot. Prof. O.vford. High Wycombe, Bucks. With. 

 Per. May, June. 

 Ls. elliptic. Fl. smaller, scarcely bearded, Berr. bluish-black.) 



'ACORUS. Sweet Flag. 



A. Calamus. Common S. F. Leafy summit of the 

 flower-stalk rising high above the spadix. E. B. 35Q. 

 A. verus, officinis falso calamus. G. E. 62. 



Watery places, banks of rivers. * * Dorchester. Sb. Between 

 Oxford and Iffley. Between Iffley and Sandford. B.v. 



Per. July. 



Root thick, spongy, strongly aromatic, rootlets long. Ls. two to 

 three ft., upright, long, sword-shaped, bright-green, aromatic like 

 the roots, but fainter. Spadix from the sides of the stem, cylin- 



' From vallis, a valley. * From time of fl. 



