XXIX. HALORAGACE^. 



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Jersey. 0. 6, 7 Detected by Mr. Goodyer on Petersfield Heath, 



previous to 1667, but lost sight of until rediscovered in Sussex, by 

 Mr, BorreVj in 1827. It is frequent on the continent of Europe, in 

 N, America, and the temperate parts of Asia. 



4. Circ^''a Linn. 



Enchanter's Nightshade. 



■2-celled 



CalAimb deciduous shortly tubular at the base, deeply 

 2-cleft upwards. Cor. of 2 petals. Stam.2, Ovary 1— 

 ovules solitary in each cell, erect. Stigma 2-lobed. Caps. 

 hispid with hooked hairs, scarcely dehiscent, 1 — 2-celled ; cells 

 1 -seeded. — N'amed from the enchantress Circe^ either from 

 the prettiness of its flowers, or, as some say, from its growing 

 in damp shady places, where plants used for incantations are 

 found. 



1. C. Lutetidna L. (common E.) ; stem erect pubescent, leaves 

 ovate acuminate slightly repand toothed usually longer than the 

 petiole, bracts none, ovary globose 2-celled at length broadly 

 obovate. E. B. t. 1056. 



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Woods and coppices in shady situations, common. 2^. 6 — 8. — 

 Root creeping. Stem 1 — l^ ft. high. Leaves scarcely cordate at the 

 base, upper ones narrow-ovate. — The only certain character between 

 this and the next is afforded by the structure of the ovary, as first 

 pointed out by Dr. Wight ; that giving it the difference of external 

 form: but even this. is diminished in value by the 2-lobed stigma, 

 indicating a tendency to produce the second cell also, in the ovary of 

 C.alpina. The nectary which surrounds the base of the filament is 

 a little more prominent than in the following species. 



2. C. alpina L. (alpine E.) ; stem ascending nearly glabrous, 

 leaves cordate toothed shining as long as the petioles, pedicels 

 subtended by minute setaceous bracts, ovary 1 -celled at length 

 inversely oblong, E. B. t. 1057. 



]^ Woods, coppices, and stony places, especially by the sides of lakes 

 in the north of England and Scotland. If.. 7, 8. — This is very 

 near to the preceding; but is usually much smaller and with a nar- 

 rower ovary and fruit. Mature fruit, which is abundant on C. Lu- 

 tetiana, we have seldom observed on this plant. What is called C. 

 intermedia sometimes belongs to the present species, sometimes to the 



Ord. XXIX. HAL0RAGACEJ3 E.Brown. 



Calyx-tube adnate with the ovary ; limb of fertile flowers 

 mmute, 3— 4-partite or wanting. Petals present or wantino-. 

 ^tamens equal m number to the lobes of the calyx, or doubfe 

 as many, rarely fewer. Ovary with 1—4 cells; ovules solitary 

 Z-irf • ^^'^"^^^ as many as there are cells, papillose or 

 pemcilhform. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 1-4-celled, or composed 



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