ihaped 



DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Ligustrum. 9 



very entire ; growing in opposite pairs. Fruiustalks a 

 oolly when magnified j every other part of the pla 



fectly smooth. Leaves sometimes variegated with white. Ber- 

 ries black. 



Privet. Prim. Print. Hedges in gravelly soils. [Rocks of 

 Dunnerholme, and above Cartmel Wells, in the most exposed 

 situation to the western sea. Mr. Atkinson.] S. June. Juty 



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CIRCiF/A. Bloss. 1 petals : cah 2-leaved, supe- 



riour. 



C. Stem upright: bunches several : leaves egg-shaped.] 

 Linn, somewhat serrated ; rough with hair. Gmel. 

 Leaves egg- spear- shaped, hairy, somewhat serrated. 



Curt. 2Q2~Knij>h. 10-/7. ox. v. 34-. row. 3. \-Lob. ic. 266. 

 2~Ger. 2&Q~Lob. obs. 137* 1-Ger. em. 351. 1-Park. 351 

 ~Fl. dan. 210 and 556* 



Stem a foot and half high ; upright. Leaves somewhat ser- 

 rated, opake. Bunches terminating and lateral. Cal. much 

 thicker and of a coarser texture than the blossom, and not of the 

 same colour. Linn. Caljx, hairs hooked and tapering to a fine 

 point. Griffith. Plant smooth, or woolly, or rough with hair, 

 sometimes red at the joints. Leaves upper, short ; lower on long 

 leaf-stalks. Cup 3 leaves reflected, egg-spear-shaped ; coloured. 

 Petals reddish white, alternating with the leaves of the cup. 

 Filaments thickest towards the top; white. Anthers white. 

 Germen hairy, egg-shaped but compressed ; placed under, and at 

 a small'distance from, the cup. Style thickest upwards, with a 

 double green gland at its base. Summit a fine pink colour. Caps. 

 set with white hairs, hooked at the end. Seeds 2. Little fruit- 

 stalks after flowering, pointing downwards, 



Inchanters Nightshade. Common Enchanters-<wort. Woods ; 



jnoist hedge bottoms, in shady lanes, not uncommon. 



P. June. July. Aug. 



C. Stem prostrate, supporting a single bunch of flowers ralpi'na. 



Leaves heart-shaped. Linn. Stem very much 

 branched, depressed : leaves heart-shaped, toothed, 

 pale. Gmel. Leaves heart-shaped, pointed. 



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H. ox. v. 34. row 3. 1. 



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The berries are filled with a dry, spongy, violet pulp, from which 

 a rq^e-coloured pigment may be prepared. Scop. It is planted to make 

 hedges ; it grows fast, and may be raised from cuttings. Mr. South all. 

 With the addition of allum, the berries dye wool and silk of a good and 

 durable green : for this purpose they must be gathered as soon as they arc 

 ripe— the leaves are bitter and slightly astringent. Oxen, goats, and sheep 

 eat it, horses refuse it. The insects observed to feed upon this plant are 

 the Sphinx Lieustri and PhakenaSvrinearia. 



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