360 87. ASPABAGACEJE. 



prostrate at the base, branches short about 1 ft. long. BuU. S. 

 Bot. Belg. i. t. 2. — *|3. campestris ; St. erect about 3 feet high, 

 branches long. — Sea-coast, rare. Xynance Cove, Cornwall. 

 South coast of Anglesea. Giltar Point, Pemb. Tramore, 

 Waterf— /3. Escape from cultivation. P. VIII. E. I. 



2. Contalla'kia Linn. Lily of the Valley. 



1. C. majdlis (h.).—JE. B. 1035. St. 14. 10.— About a foot 

 high. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semicylindrical. 

 Fl. racemose, nodding, pure white, globose-bellshaped, fragrant. 

 —Woods and thickets. P. V. E. S. 



3. Poitgona'tttm Tourn. Solomon's Seal. 



1. P. verticilldtum (All.) ; I. linear-lanceolate whorled, st. erect 

 angular.— .B. B. 128. R. x. 435.— St. 2 feet high. L. 3—5 in 

 a whorl. Berries red. — Woods. Perthshire. Smalesmouth, 

 Northiunberland. P. VI. E. S. 



2. P. officin(Ue (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, cor. not narrowed 

 in \h%Tm&A\e, filaments glahrov^. — Convallaria Polygonatum (L.) , 

 B. B. 280. R. X. 434.— Height 1— IJ foot. Berry bluish.— 

 Woods, rare. P. V. - E. 



3. P.multifl6rum (AU.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half -clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. j-o«m(Z,pedimcles 1- or many-flowered, cor. narrowed 

 in the middle,_^Zawje»is dmany. — B. B. 279. R. x. 433. — Height 

 2 feet. Beny bluish.— Woods. P. V. . E.'S. 



4. Maiau'ihemtjm Wiggers. 



1. M.bifdlium (DC); st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 

 cordate leaves. — Cfer. ilerh. p. 409. Smilacina, Sy. E. B. 1510. 

 R. X. 436. — St. 6 — 8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply cor- 

 date. Raceme terminal, resembling a spike. Fl. small ; seg- 

 ments reflexed. — Woods. Near Scarborough, in plenty. Howick, 

 Northumb. (now eradicated). Caen Wood, Middlesex. Dingley 

 Wood, Preston ; Harwood, Blackburn. Gerard. P. V. E. 



5. Eirs'ctrs Linn. Butcher's Broom. 



1. R. aculedtus (L.) ; leaflike flattened shoots ovate-attenu- 

 ate veiy acute rigid bearing the fl. upon the middle of their 

 upper surface, fl. 1 rarely 2 with a flat subulate scarious 1-veined 

 bract.— ^. B. 560. R. x. 437.— Evergreen. Fl. small. L. very 

 minute.— Thickets. Sh. HI. IV. E. S. P 



