This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fe'dtion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogy- 
nia, from the flower having five ftamina and one 
ftyle. 
The Species are* 
1. Conocarpus {Eretia) foliis lanceolatis eredta. Lin. Sp. 
250. Upright Conocarpus with fpear-fhaped leaves. Rud- 
beckia ere&a longifolia. Houft. MSS. Commonly called 
Button-tree in the Weft -Indies. 
2. Conqcarpus ( Procumbens ) frutefeens, procumbens, 
foliis ovatis, craflis, floribus alaribus & terminalibus. 
Shrubby trailing Conocarpus with oval thick leaves , and 
flowers' growing on the flides , at the ends of the branches. 
Rudbeckia maritima procumbens rotundifolia. Houft. 
MSS, Maritime trailing Rudbeckia , with a round 
leaf. 
The firft fort grows plentifully in molt of the fandy 
bays, in all the iflands of the Weft-Indies. It rifes 
with a woody upright item about fixteen feet high, 
fending out many fide branches, which alio grow 
credit ; thefe are garnifned with fpear-fhaped leaves, 
having broad ihort foot-ftalks, and are placed al- 
ternate on every fide the branches. The flowers grow 
upon fhort branches, which arife from the wings of 
the leaves ; thefe have' three or four fmall leaves On 
their lower part, under the flowers ; each of thefe 
branches are terminated by fix or eight conical heads 
of flowers, which have fome refemblance to thofe of 
Acacia, but each of thefe come out of a fcaly coverihsj 
the flowers are fmall, of a reddifh colour, having five 
fender ftamina, and one ftyle,^ which ftand out far- 
ther than the petal. The flowers are fucceeded by 
Angle feeds, which are included in the feales of the 
conical fruit. 
The fecond fort hath fhort crooked branches, which 
divide and fpread out on every fide upon the ground ; 
thefe are covered with a grayilh bark, and their upper 
parts are garniihed with oval thick leaves, a little 
larger than thofe of the Dwarf Box •, they have very 
fhort foot-ftalks, and are placed on every fide the 
branches without order. The flowers are collected in 
fmall round heads, which come out Angle from the 
fide of the branches, and in loofe fpikes at the end ; 
thefe are fmall, and of an herbaceous colour ; the 
feales are rough, and the cones are of a loofer texture 
than thofe of the former fort. 
This was difeovered by the late Dr. William Houf- 
toun, growing plentifully in the marfhy grounds near 
the fea, at the Havannah, from whence he fent the 
feeds to England, in 1730. 
Both thefe forts are preferved in fome curious gardens 
for the fake of variety, but they are plants of no 
great bekuty : they are propagated from feeds, which 
muft be obtained from the places of their natural 
growth, for they never produce any good feeds in 
Europe : thefe feeds, if they are frefh, will come up 
very loon, if they are fown upon a good hot-bed ; 
and if the plants are potted, and preferved in the 
bark-ftove, they will make great progrefs •, but they 
are too tender to live in this country, unlefs they are 
conftantly kept in the ftove, and treated in the fame 
manner with other exotic plants ; obferving, as they 
are natives of fwamps, to fupply them often with 
water •, but in winter they muft have it very fparingly. 
The plants are Evergreen, calling off their old leaves 
when the new come out. 
CON SOL ID A MAJOR. See Symphytum. 
CONSOLIDA MEDIA. See Bugula. 
CONSOL IDA MINIMA. See Bellis. 
CONSOLIDA REGALIS. See Delphinium. 
CON V ALLARIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 383. Lilium 
Convallium. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 77. tab. 14. Lily of 
the valley. To this genus Dr. Linnaeus has joined the 
Polygonatum of Tournefort, or Solomon’s Seal. 
The Characters are, 
The flower hath one petal , which is bell-Jhaped , and di- 
vided at the brim into fix obtufle fegments which fpread open 
and are reflexed. It hath no empalement. It hath fix 
ftamina , which are inflerted into the petal , but are Jhorter , 
terminated by oblong Summits, which are ere Pi. In the 
center is fituated a globular ger men, fupporting a fender 
flyle, which is longer than the ftamina , crowned by a three 
cornered obtufle ftigma. The germen afterward, becomes a 
globular berry , with three cells, containin'? one rounzMo 
feed. ° " ft 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft flection of 
Linnaeus’s fixth clafs, intitled Hexandria Monogynia, 
the flower having fix ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Con vall aria ( Majalis ) fcapo nudo. Flor. Lapp. 
1 1 3. Convdlaria with a naked ftalk. Lilium conval- 
lium album. C. B. P. 304. White Lily of the Valley. 
There is a variety of this with reddilh flowers, which 
is preferved in gardens, tided by Cafpar Bauhin Li- 
lium Convallium flore rubente. Pin. 304. 
2. Convallaria ( Latifloha ) fcapo nuclo, foliis latio-n- 
bus. Convallaria with a naked ftalk and broader leaves. 
Lilium Convallium Iatifolium. C. B. P. 136. Broad- 
leaved Lily of the Valley. There is alfo a variety of 
this with double variegated flowers which is preferred 
in gardens. This Tournefort tides Lilium" Conval- 
lium Iatifolium, flore pleno variegato. Inft. R. H. yy. 
Broad-leaved Lily of the Valley, with a lar v varle?ated 
flower. 
3. Convallaria ( Multiflora ) foliis alternis, amplexi- 
caulibus caule tereti axillaribus pedunculis multifloris. 
Convallaria with leaves placed alternate , embracing the 
taper ftalk, whofe foot-ftalks have many flowers. Poly- 
gonatum Iatifolium vulgare. C. B. P. 305. Common 
broad-leaved Solomon’s Seal. 
4. Convallaria ( Odorato ) foliis alternis, femiamplexi- 
caulibus, floribus majoribus axillaribus .Convallaria 
with alternate leaves which half embrace the ftalks , and 
larger fweet-feented flowers. Polygonatum Iatifolium, 
flore majore odoro. C. B. P. 303. 
5. Convallaria ( Polygonatum ) foliis alternis amplexi- 
caulibus, caule ancipti, pedunculis axillaribus fubuni- 
floris. Lin, Mat. Med. 168. Convallaria with alternate 
leaves embracing the ftalks , and foot-ftalks hawing one 
flower. Polygonatum floribus ex flngula tribus pe- 
dunculis. C. B. 3. p. 530. Common Solomon’s Seal. 
6 . Convallaria ( Stellata ) foliis amplexicaulibus plu- 
rimis. Lin. Sp. 452. Convallaria with many leaves em- 
bracing the ftalks. Polygonatum Canadenfe fpicatum 
fertile. Cornut. Canad. 33. 
y. Convallaria {V erticillata) foliis verticillatis. Flor. 
Lapp. 1 14. Convallaria with leaves growing in whorls. 
Polygonatum anguftifolium, non ramofum. C. B. P, 
3 ° 3 - 
8. Convallaria ( Racemofa .) foliis fefillibus, raceme 
terminali compoflto. Lin. Sp. Plant. 452. Convallaria 
with leaves fitting clofe to the ftalks, which are terminated 
by compound fpikes of flowers. Polygonatum Virginia- 
num eredlum, fpicatum, flore ftellato fteriii. Mor, 
Hift. 3- 537- 
9. Convallaria ( Bifolia ) foliis cordatis. Flor. Lapp. 
1 13. Convallaria with heart-ftoaped leaves. This is the 
Smilax unifolio humillima. Tourn. Inft. App. 56 4. 
Loweft Smilax with a fingle leaf-, and the Lilium Con- 
vailium minus. C. B. P. 304. The leaft Lily of the 
Valley. 
The firft fort grows naturally in great plenty in the 
woods near Woburn, in Bedfordfhire, from whence 
the markets in London are generally fupplied with 
the flowers. It is alfo cultivated in gardens for the 
fweetnefs of the flowers, and formerly it grew in great 
plenty on Hampftead-heath, but of late years it has 
been feldom found there •, for fince ail the trees have 
been deftroyed, the plants have not flowered there as 
formerly, nor have the roots increafed. 
This hath a fiender fibrous root, which creeps under 
the furface of the ground, and thereby propagates 
. in great plenty. The leaves come up by pairs, their 
foot-ftalks, which are about three inches long, are 
wrapped together in one cover, and at the top divide 
into two parts, each fuftaining a fingle leaf, one of 
which rifes a little above the other ; thefe leaves are 
from four to five inches long, and near an inch and 
a half broad in the middle, leftening gradually to 
both ends; they have many longitudinal veins, running 
parallel 
