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A DICTIOXARY OF 
Lily^ Chequered. Fritlllaria Meleagrls, L. — Park. Farad., Prior, 
p. 134. See Chequered Daffodil. 
Lily, Conval. See Conval-Lily. 
Lily, Corn. See Corn Lily. 
Lily, Great Park. Convallaria majalis, L. — ‘Lilium convallium 
grandius, quod angli vocant Great parke lyly.’ Turn. Lib. 
Lily, Hedge. Convolvulus sepium, L. — Hants. ; Wiglit, PI. Yect. 
‘ There is a flower not unlyke unto a lylye in the herbe which is called 
Convolvrdus : it groweth among shrubbes and busshes, and hath no 
savour, nether any little chyves lyke saflrone as a lyly hath, only 
representing a lily in whytenes, and it is as it were an unperfit worke 
of nature learninge to make lilies.’ Turn. Herb. i. 164. 
Lily, Lamb. Tojieldia palustris, L. — Ayrsh. 
Lily, Lent. See Lent Lily. 
Lily, Lide. See Lide Lily. 
Lily, Loddon. See Loddon Lilies. 
Lily, May. Convallaria majalis, L. — Lyte. 
Lily, Orange. AnagalUs arvensis, L. — Dunifriessh. 
Lily, Pheasant. Fritillaria Meleagris, L. — Cimih. E. D. S. Gloss. 
C. 8. 
Lily, Snake’s Head. From the shape of the flower-head, and its 
spotted colour. Fritillaria Meleagris^ L. — Bucks. ; Oxon. N. & Q. 4th 
Ser., iv. p. 66. 
Lily, Water. A general name for the two following species : 
(1) Nymphcea alba, L. — Turn. Herb. Ches. ; Cumb. Prior, p. 134. 
(2) Nupliar luteum, Sm. — Turn. Herb. Ches. 
Lily, White. (1) Lilium candidum, L. (gardens). — In some modern 
books this is called the Madonna Lily, or St. Joseph’s Lily, from 
its frequent occurrence in representations of the B.Y.M. or St. Joseph. 
(2) Convolvulus sepium, L. — S.-TF. Cumb. 
(3) Narcissus poeticus, L. — See Lily (2). 
Lily, Wood. Pyrola minor, L. — Bucks. No doubt on account of 
its likeness to Convallaria majalis, L. 
Lily, Yellow. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — See Lily (2). 
Lily, Yellow Water. The common name for Nupliar luteum, Sm. 
—Lyte. 
Lily-among-thorns, ‘of Canticles, ii. 2, Lat. Lilium inter spinas, 
understood by the herbalists as Lonicera Capri folium, L.’ — Prior, p. 
134. L. Periclymenum, L., is rather intended, ‘ That the Lillies 
amongst the Thornes were woodbines is not known to every one.’ 
Coles, A. of S., p. 7. Pay, however, considered it to be Convallaria 
majalis, L. (Hist. Plant, i. 667). 
