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2. ConvaLuaria Linn. 
1. C. majahs (L.).—E. 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. Lily of the Valley. E. 8. 
3. Potyconatum Tourn. 
1. P. verticillatum (All) ; 1. linear-lanceolate whorled, st. erect 
angular.—E, B. 128. R. x. 435.—St. 2 feet high. L.3—5 in 
awhorl. Berries red— Woods. Den of Rechip, and Craighall, 
Perthshire. Smalesmouth, Northumberland. P. VI. E. 8. 
2. P. officinale (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half clasping glabrous 
alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1—2-flowered, filaments glabrous. 
—Convallaria Polygonatum (L.), E. B. 280. R. x. 434.—Height 
1—1} foot. Berry bluish—Woods, rare. P. V. Solomon’s 
Seal. E. 
3. P. multiflorum (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half clasping glabrous 
alternate, st. round, peduncles 1- or many-flowered, filaments 
downy.—E. B. 279. R. x. 433.—Height 2 feet. Berry bluish. 
—Woods. P.V. Solomon’s Seal. E. 8. 
4, Matanruemum Wiggers. 
*]. M. bifolium (DC.); st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 
cordate leaves.—Ger. Herb. p. 409.—Convallaria L., St. 13. 6. 
R. x. 436.—St. 6—8 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply 
cordate. Raceme terminal, resembling a spike. Fi. small, seg- 
ments reflexed. “Berry yellow with brown spots.”—Woods. 
Howick, Northumb. (now eradicated). Mr. R. Embleton. Ken- 
wood, Middlesex. Mr. E. Edwards. Dingley Wood, Preston ; 
and Harwood near Blackburn. Gerard. P. V. E. 
5. Ruscus Linn. 
1. R. aculeatus (L.); 1. ovate-attenuate very acute rigid bear- 
ing the fl. upon the middle of their upper surface, fl. solitary 
rarely in pairs with a flat subulate scarious 1-nerved bract.— 
E. B. 560. R.x.437.—Foliage evergreen. Fl. very minute. The 
apparent |. are flattened shoots.—Thickets. Sh. III. IV. 
Butcher’s Broom. ES. 
Order LXXXVI. LILIACEAE. 
Perianth inferior, petaloid, 6-parted. Stam. 6, inserted into 
the receptacle or on the Ae ahd Anth. bursting inwards. 
Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules many in each cell. Style 1. 
