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and four-fid stigma standing in the centre, being long 

 and erect. The pollen-grains are triangular, con- 

 nected by glutinous hairs, and they therefore cohere 

 in a mass. 



The capsule splits from above downwards by four 

 valves, and the seeds are on the axis, and blown away 

 by the wind. 



The Evening Primrose is occasionally in bloom 

 during the day, but usually opens at night. 



" You Evening Primrose, when day has fled, 

 Open your pallid flowers, by dews and moonlight fed." 



The name Evening Star has also been applied 

 to it. 



The flowers are said to give a loud, popping noise 

 when closing again about the time of sunrise. 



(Enothera odorata. — The flowers in Fig. 52 are 

 slwimi in the axils of the leaves, borne on long peduncles, 

 with the four sepals reflexed in one case in the bud, exceed- 

 ing the corolla, which is longer at length. 



Enchanter's Nightshade [Circcea lutetiana). 



Why this plant is named Enchanter's Nightshade 

 is not clear. It grows in the depths of woods. The 

 name was given to the Mandrake by the Greeks and 

 transferred to this plant, and in the case of the latter 

 was considered appropriate because the root was 

 used, it is said, to prepare a love philtre, Circe being 

 an enchantress. 



The Enchanter's Nightshade is common through- 



