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CONVALLARIA

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or Lily of the Valley, in Botany, a genus of plants, belonging to the hexandria clafs; and in the natural method ranking under Sarmatianaceae. See Botany Index.

CONVENARUM urbs, or Lugdunum, in Ancient Geography, a town of the Convenæ, a people of Gallia Narbonensis, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Its origin was owing to the Sertorian war, Pompey compelling the robbers of the Pyrenees and fugitive slaves to settle there, (Pliny). It stood near the head of the Garonne. Now St Bertrand, in Gascony. E. Long. 30. Lat 43 15.