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The fird fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 



Hope, The root of this is compofed of many fmall 

 "fibres; the ftalks are weak, Co trail on the ground, 



if they are not fupporced ; but if they are will 

 ' rife four feet high, dividing mto many branches, 

 ■" garnifhed with roundlfli kidney-fhapcd leaves, cre- 

 "- nated on their edges-, the flowers are produced at 

 ■' the extremity of the branches in fmall clufters; they 

 '-^ n^e yellow, and in fliape like thofe of the common 



Ragwort, vy hich are lucceeded by _ feeds, crowned I 



■ Nvith down. _ . ^ 

 ' This fort is eafily propagated by cuttings, which, if 

 ^ planted in a fhady border during thefummer months, 



and duly watered, will put out roots in a month or 



five weeks; foon after which it will be proper to 



'. '' tranfplant them into pots,' becaufe their roots are 



'" very apt to fpread in the full ground •, fo when the 



■'plants are taken up, many of their roots are torn 



off, whereby the plants are endangered. . This is alfo 



' often the cafe of the plants in pots. When they 



are not often removed, their roots will llioot through 



-;* the holes in the bottom of the pots into the ground, 



and the 'plants will grow luxuriantly-, but when the 



' pots are removed, and thofe roots torn off, the plants 



■ are often killed thereby. As this plant grows na- 



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rife three or four feet high, garnifhed with oblong, 

 thick, undivided leaves, of a glaucous colour. The 

 flowers are produced on branching foot-fl:alks, arifing 

 toward the end of the branches ; they are yellow, 

 fhaped like thofe of the other forts, but are rarely 

 fucceeded by feeds in England. This is eafily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings any time in fummer : the plants, 

 when rooted, muft be planted in pots, that they m.ay 

 be removed into flicker in winter, for they will not 

 live abroad in England. It grows naturally at the 

 (^ape of Good llope, . ' . 



The fifdi fort grows naturally on the fca coafts of Italy 

 and Sicily. This has great refemblanceto the fccond 

 fort, but the ftalks are more woody, rife higher, and 

 do not branch fo much. The leaves are broader, 

 not fo much fmuated, and are of a black green co- 

 lour on their upper fide. The flowers are produced 



■ in finaller bunches on the top of the foot-fl:alks, and 

 are like thofe; of the fecond fort, but are rarely fuc- 

 ceeded by feeds in England, nor are the plants fo 

 .hardy, therefore -fl^ould be fheltered in winter. It is 

 eafily propagated by cuttings during the fummer 

 months, in the fame way as the fecond fort. 



CIRCE A. Lin, Gen. Plant. 24. Tourn. Infl:. R. FL 

 301. tab. 155, [It is faid to be fo called from Circe, 



turally at the Cape of Good Hope, it is too tender to . the famous enchantrefs, faid to have enchanted U- 

 live through the winters in England in the open air ; j lyfles and his companions. Boerhaave fuppofes it to 



be fo called, becaufe the fruit of this plant takes 



yet if it is nurfed tenderly, it is very apt to draw up 

 ' weak, and thereby is deftroyed •, therefore the fureft 



hold of peoples cloaths, and by this means draws 

 method to prefcrve it, is to make young plants an- j them to it, as the enchantrefs Circe was wont to do 



nually from cuttings, and to place them in a common 

 .hot-bed frame" in winter, where they n-\ay enjoy the 



by her enchantments.] Enchanter's Nightfliade, 

 The Characters are. 



full air in mild weather, but ^ be fcreened from the j The cmpale?nent of the flower is compofed of two oval 

 froft, and in fummer place the^ abroad with other of j concave leaves : the flower hath two heart-fhaped petals^ 



which are equal and fpread open -^Jt hath two ereii hairy 

 ftamina^ terminated by roiindifh fumr/iits. The germen 

 is fttuatcd under the flower^ fupporting a flender ftyle^ 

 crowned by an obtufe bordered fligma. The empale- 

 ment afterward becomes a rough oval capfule with two 

 cells opening lengthways^ each containing a ftngle oblong 

 ' feed. , , ■ ■ 



\ the hardier forts of f^otic plants. ■^.^;.'.. 

 f The fecond fort grow§ naturally on the fea-coafl:s in 

 'Tome parts of England and Wales, in particular 

 •" warm ipotsj but in the fouth of France and Italy, it 



IS very common. This Katn many ligneous ftalks, 



'which rife two' or* three feet high, dividing into many 



Branches, which have a white downy bark, and are 



arnifliedwith very woolly leaves fix or eight inches j This genus of plants Is ranged in the firfl: feftion of 



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in June, July, and Auguft, 

 . feeds, which ripen the betzinni 



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long, deeply finuatfed, and jagged on their borders 



^'into many winged points; they are downy on both 

 :^'- fides. * The ftalks which 'fupport the flowers are a 

 Vfoot or more in length, having tw^o or' three fmall 

 .. leaves on each, niaped like thofe below, and areter- 

 ^minated by many yellow flov/ers growing in panicles, 

 fhaped like thofe of common Ragwort ; thefe appear 



and are fucceeded by 

 ... - c>^^^'*^^S of October. ^ . 



t This fort is alfo' eafily propagated^ by _planting cut- 

 ' tings Vflipsof it on'a fhady border during the fum- 

 mer months, obferving to water them duly. 

 "' thefe are well rooted, they fliould be planted in a dry 

 * Tubbifliing foil, where d^ey will refift the cold of our 

 ; ordinary winters very well, and continue many years ; 

 but in ;;ich moift ground, the plantsVe often fo very 

 luxuriant in fummer, as tQ be killed in winter when 



^ therc is much frcft. ' -, \. ;-':■•,: . .; " ' 



Vlhe third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 • Hope;-'- • This hath branching ftalks, which . are 

 ; Ihrubby, and rife from tv/o to three feet high, gar- 

 _ mihed with oval leaves placed oppofite : the foot- 

 ■* ftalks of the flowers are long, naked, and fupport 

 one blue flovrcr at tlie top, whofe rays are reflexed ; 

 ' thefe^ appear great part of the year, and thofe which 



^ blow in fummer are fucceeded by comprefled feeds 

 crowned v/ith down. 



This may be propagated by fov/ing the feeds en a bed 

 of light earth tlic beginning of April, and when the 

 plants are fit to remove, they fliould be part of them 



;. pl^l|i^"<^ ii"! pots, that they may be fneltered in v.anter 

 \4 ?*r^ ™^-bed fram.e ; the remainder may be plant- 

 ed cloieto a warm wall in poor ground, where, if the 



; winter proves favourable, they will live ; but if thefe 

 tail, thole m the frame will be fccured. It may alfo 



■ t I^^^P^S^^ed by cuttings, in the fame manner as 

 the laft mentioned. 



Linna^us's fecond clafs, intitled Diandria Monogynia, 

 ' the flower having two ftamiria and one ftyle. 



The Species are, ■ . 

 T. Circe A {Ltttctiana) caule ere&o, racemis pluribus, 

 Lin. Sp, Plant. 9. Enchanter"* s Nighifljade^ with an up- 

 right flalk and many fpikes of flowers, Circea luteti- 

 ana. Lob. Icon, 266. Common Enchanter's Night- 

 fljade.;. . : ■ 

 2. Circea {Alpina) caule adfcendente, racemo iinlco. 



Lin. Sp. Plant, o. Enchanter's Nightfljade^ with an 

 afcendingftalk and aftngle fpike. Circea minima. CoL 

 p. 2. 80. Leaft Enchanter's Nightftoade. 

 The firft fort grov/s naturally in fliady woods, and 

 under hedges, in many parts of England. This 

 plant hath a creeping root, by which it multiplies 

 greatly, llie ftalks are upright, and rife a foot and 

 a half high, garniflied with heart-ftiaped leaves placed 

 oppofite, upon very long foot-ftalks : thefe are of a 

 dark green on their upper fide, but are pale on their 

 under fide. The ftalks are terminated by loofe fpikes 

 of fldwers, which are branched out into three or four 

 fmall fpikes. The flowers are fmall and white, hav- 

 ing but two petals, oppofite to which are fituated the 

 two ftamina. After the flowers fall away, the em.-: 

 palement of the flower becomes a rougli capfiile, in- 



clofingtwo oblong feeds. 



The fecond fort grows at the foot of mountains in 

 many parts of Germany. It alfo grows naturally in 

 a wood near the Hague, from whence I brought ic 

 to England. This fort fcldom rifes more than fix or 

 eight inches high, with a flender ftalk, garnifl^.ed 

 with leaves fliaped like thofe of the former fort, but 

 fmaller, and are indented on their edges. The flow- 

 ers are produced on fingle loofe Ipikes at the top of 

 the ftalks, which are fmaller than thofe of the former 

 fort, but of the fame form and colour, Thefe plants 

 flower in June, and their feeds ripen in Auguft*, but 



1 he fourtli fort hath flirubby branching ftalks, which 1 they both muUiply .exceedingly by their creeping 



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