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CONVALLARIA

Volume 2 · 57 words · 1771 Edition

or Lilly of the Valley, in botany, a genus of the hexandria monogynia clasps. The corolla is divided into five segments; and the berry is spotted, and has three cells. The species are eight, three of which are natives of Britain, viz. the majalis, or may-lily; the multiflora, or solomon's-seal; and the polygonatum, or sweet smelling solomon's-seal.