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Lilium CoHuiUium. Lilly Comially. 
T He remembrance of the Conuall Lilly , fpoken of in the precedent Chapter; 
hath caufed me to infert thefc plants among the reft , although differing both 
in face and properties; but left it (hould lofe all place, let it keepc this; It is of 
two forts, differing chiefly in the colour of the flowers, the one being white , and the 
other reddifli,as ftiall be (hewed in their deferiptions following. 
i. Lilium CtuuiUium flore elbo. The white Lilly Cotiually. 
The white Conuall or May Lilly, hath three or foureleauesrifing together from 
thcrootc; one enclofcd within another, each whereof when it isopenis long and 
broad, of a grayilh (hining grecne colour, foraewhat tefembling the leaues of the for- 
mer wilde Neefewort, at the fide whereof, and foraetimefrom the middle of them, 
rifeth vp a fmill (hort naked foote-ftalke, an hahd breadth high or fomewhat more, 
bearing at the toppe one aboue another many fmallwhitc flowers, like little hollow 
bottles with open mouths , nicked or cut into fiue or fix notches , turning all downe- 
wardsone way, or on one fide of the ftalke,ofa very ftrong fweete fent , and comfort 
table for the memory and fenfes, which turne into fmall red berries, like vnto A (pata- 
gus, wherein is contained hard white (cede : the rootesrunne vnder ground, creeping 
cucry way, confiding of many fmall white (kings. 
a. Lilium ConuiHiUm flore rubente. May Lillies with red flowers. 
This other May Lilly differeth neither in roote,leafe,ndr forme of flower from that 
before, but onely in the colour of the flower, which is of a fine pale red colour , being 
in my iudgemeat not altogether fo fweet as the former. 
The Place. 
The firft groweth aboundantly in many places of England. The other is 
a fttanger,and groweth only in the Gardens of thofe that are curious louers 
of rarities. 
The Time. 
They both flower in May, and the berries arc ripe in Auguft. 
The Names. 
The Latines hane no other name for this plant but Lilium ConaoSium, al- 
though Come would haue it to be Liliumvernum of Theophraftus , and o- 
thers Oeneuthe of the fame Author. Gefner thinketh it to be culhonymutt 
Lonicerus to be Caculia, and Fuchfiustobe Epkememm non lethile: but they 
are all for the mod part miftaken.W e call it in Englifh Lilly Conually, May 
Lilly, and of fomc Liriconfancic. 
TheVertueS. 
The flowers of the white kinde are often vied with thofe thingsthat help 
to (Lengthen the memory , and to procure eafe to Apople&icke perfons.' 
Camerarius fetteth downethe manner of making an oyle of the flowers 
hereof, which he faith is very effcduall to eafe the paines Of the Goute, and 
fuch like difeafeSjto be vfed outwardly, which is thus: Hauing filled a glaffc 
with the flowers , and being well (lopped, fetitforamonethsfpacdinan 
Ants hill, and after being drayned cleare, fet it by to vfe. 
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