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434 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables,

RED LILY. Blossoms red, spotted with black. Commonon borders of meadows. July.

UVULARIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 373.

Uvidaria foliis sessilibus. Syst. Nat.

BELL WORT. Sweetsnielling Solomon's Seal. Jacob's Ladder.Blossoms whitish. Common in wood land. May.

The young shoots may be eaten as asparagus. The roots arenutritious, and are used in diet-drinks.

ORNITHOGALUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 377.

Ornithogalum scapo anguloso diphyllo, pedunculis umbellatissimplicibus. Syst. Nat.

BETHLEMSTAR. Blossoms yellow. Common in grass landand amongst bushes. May.

The bulbous roots are nutritious and wholesome. It makesbeautiful edgings for borders in gardens.

CONVALLARIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 383.

Convallaria foliis amplexicatdibus plurimis, racemo terminalisimplici? Syst. Nat.

SOLOMON's SEAL. Leaves alternate, and are rather sessilethan embracing the stem. Blossoms white. Berries red, orblack. In rieh wood land. May.

The young shoots may be eaten as asparagus. The rootsare nutritious.

Convallaria foliis cordatis. Syst. Nat.

HAREWORT. Adder's Tongue. One radical leaf; two stem-leaves. Blossoms white. Berries red. Common amongstbushes in moist land. May.

In this plant we have an instance of the wrong applicationof an English name.—It is called Adder's Tongue, and mistaken

for