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CONVALLA'RIA* * * * § . 
Linnean Class and Order. HEXA'NDRiAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Smila'ce/e. Dr. R. Brown. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
270. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 277. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
538 . — Aspa'ragi, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 40. — Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 71. — 
Asparagi'nea 2 , Tribe Pari'deje. Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 402. — 
Convallaria'cea:, Link. 
Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla (Perianthium%) (fig. 1.) 
inferior, of one petal, bell-shaped, deciduous ; the border in 6 
blunt, spreading segments. Filaments (fig. 1.) 6, awl-shaped, 
equal, very short, inserted into some part of the tube of the 
corolla, not reaching to the border. Anthers terminal, oblong, 
upright. Germen (fig. 2.) superior, roundish. Style thread- 
shaped, longer than the stamens. Stigma blunt, triangular. 
Berry (fig. 3.) globular, of 3 cells. Seeds (fig. 5.) 1 or 2 in each 
cell, externally globose, with a horny albumen ; the embryo straight, 
opposite to the scar. 
The naked, inferior, six-cleft, deciduous Corolla ; the triangular 
stigma ; and the 3-celled berry ; will distinguish this from other 
Genera in the same class and order. 
Four species British. 
CONVALLA'RIA MAJA'LIS§. Lily of the Valley. May Lily. 
Spec. Char. Scape semicylindrical. Leaves 2, elliptical, radi- 
cal. Flowers racemed, cup-shaped, drooping. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1035. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 302.— Linn. Sp. Pl.p. 451.— Huds. FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 146. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 370. Eng. F’l. v. ii. p. 154. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 433. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 187. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
270. — Hook. Bril. FI. p. 152. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 111. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 76. 
t. 2. — Pun. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 174. and v. iii. p. 351 — Relb. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) 
p. 141. — Curt. Brit. Entom. v. 9. t. 430. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 103. — Grev. FI. 
Edin. p. 77. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent. p. 21. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. 
Select, p. 30. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 95 . — Lilium convallium, Ray’s Syn. p. 
264. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 410. 
Localities. — In groves, woods, and on heaths, in shady situations. — 
Oxfordshire; Beech Woods near Stoken Church : Dr. Sibthokp. In Which- 
wood Forest: Dr. Martyn. In Stoke Lyne Great Wood : Mr. G. Woodward, 
Surgeon, Bicester. — Berks; Abundant in Bagley Wood, towards Sunmngwell : 
Mr. James Benwell, 1813. In the same place 1833. In a Copse above 
Childswell Farm: John Ireland, Esq. M. D. 1823 and 1832: W. B. In a 
small Island in the Thames, opposite Straw Hall, near Reading: Mr. A. R. 
Burt. — Bedfordsh. Aspley Wood: Rev. C. Abbot. Woburn: Dr. Mar- 
tin. — Bucks; Stowe Woods : Mr. G. Woodward. — Cambridyesh. Whitewood, 
near Gamlingay : Rev. R. Relhan. — Cheshire ; Between Bidston and Wood- 
side : Dr. Bostock — Cttmberland ; Coomswood, Armathwaite: Mr. Hutch- 
inson. — Derbysh. On a hill called Vigelia, about 2 miles from Matlock : N. B. 
Young, Esq. New Coll. Oxford. — Devon ; on Dartmoor, near the river Dart: Mr. 
H. Barrett. — Dorsetsh. Woods at Grange, in Purbeck: Dr. Pulteney. — 
Durham; Castle Eden Dean: Mr. S. Robson. — Essex; very abundant on 
Little Baddow Common : J. G. in Mag. N. H. v. iv. p. 446. near Lee: Dr. 
Fig. 1. Corolla cut vertically, and spread open to shew the 6 stamens. — 
Fig. 2. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 3 A Berry. — Fig. 4. A transverse 
section of do. — Fig. 5. A Seed. 
* From Convallis, a valley, from the locality of the species. Dr. Hooker. 
“ There wrapt in verdure fragrant lilies blow, 
Lilies that love the vale and hide their bells of snow.” 
t See Galanthus nivalis, p. 33. note. f. } See p. 33. note {. 
§ F i om its season of flowering. 
