LOVE IN A PUZZLE. 15I 



LOVE IN A PUZZLE, LOVE IN A MIST, 

 DEVIL IN A BUSH, or GARDEN FENJ 

 NEL FLOWER. Nigdla Damascem. 



Natural Order Multisiliquce: Ranunculacece, Juss : a 

 Genus of the Polyandria Pentagynia Class. 



The neglect of the poets with regard to this 

 singular flower has been amply compensated by 

 the attention of the nomenclators of plants, as in 

 addition to the names which head the history of 

 this floral curiosity, we find it sometimes called, 

 Gith, Bishop's-wort, and Saint Catherine's flower. 



We meet with the same success in our re- 

 searches in the French language, which offers a 

 long list of names but not a single couplet. It 

 is frequently called Cheveux de Venus, Venus's 

 Hair, Patte d'araignoe,Sipidefs Claw, BarbcBlme, 

 Blue-beard, ^c. 



The name of NigeUa is given to this plant 

 from the blackness of the seeds. That of Fennel- 

 flower is now nearly obsolete, although it gives 

 a better idea of the plant than any other English 

 name, since the blue petals of this flower are 



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