Obs. In lily convally, also lillie convaile, convall lily, adapted forms of L. Lilium Convallium lily of the valleys (Vulgate, Cantic. ii. 1), used by the herbalists.
1579. Langham, Gard. Health (1633), 679. Woodlillie, or Lillie conuaile.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal (1633), 331. The Conuall Lillie, or Lillie of the Vally.
1605. Timme, Quersit., III. 175. With water of peonie, of lillyes conually, or of flowers of the linden tree.
1657. W. Coles, Adam in Eden, xii. It is called in English, Lilly of the Vally, or the Convall Lilly. Ibid., lxiii. White flowers, smelling as sweet as those of Lilly Convally.
1736. Bailey, Househ. Dict., 328.
