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ENCHANTERS NIGHTSHADE. 
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HE flower is compofed of two petals, divided at the ends, and fpread open: the cup confifts 
of two fmall, oval leaves, and falls with the flower: the feed-veffel is oval and rough, and 
contains only two feeds. 
Linnzus places this among the diandria menogynia ; there being two threads in each flower, and 
the ftyle from the rudiment of the capfule fingle. 
DIVISION I 
Common Enchanters Nighthhade. 
Circea lutetiana. 
The root is large and fpreading, and is fur- 
nifhed with many fibres. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and ten 
inches high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and have long foot- 
ftalks: they are of an oval figure, and terminate 
in a fharp point; they are broadeft at the bafe, 
and f{maller all the way to the extremity ; their 
colour is a deep beautiful green; and they are a 
little indented at the edges, but it is flightly and 
irregularly. 
The flowers ftand in a long {pike at the top of 
DTV'TS TO'N: A 
4. Dwarf Enchanters Nightthade. 
Circea minima, 
The root is white, and fpreads under the 
furface. 
The ftalk is round, weak, and in part pro- 
eumbent: it is four inches long, and lies half 
that length upon the ground. 
The leaves are broad and fhort, largeft at the 
bafe, and {maller to the point, not at all indented 
at the edges, and of a blackith green, 
The flowers ftand in a fpike at the top of the 
ftalk, and are white, with a bluth of red: the 
cup is whitifh, and coloured at the edges. 
The feed-veffels are fhort, and roundifh rather 
than oval. : 
C. Bauhine calls it Solanifolia Circea alpina. 
Linnzeus, Circea caule adfcendente racemo unico. 
2. Broad-leaved Circea. 
Circea latifolia. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading. ’ 
The firft leaves are very large, and of an oval 
B Rated 1 .5-H, Soba ee lebao 
the ftalk : they are {mall and white; each has its 
feparate footftalk ; and they ftand ina very re- 
gular manner: when the plant has been any time 
in the flower thefe occupy the top of the fpike, 
and feed-veffels hang from their footftalks on 
the lower part: befides the larger {pike which 
terminates the ftalk, there are ufually fmaller from 
the bofoms of the upper leaves. The two petals 
of which each flower is compofed are fo fplit that 
it feems to have four. 
The feed-veffels are fmall and rough. 
It is a native of our woods and thickets, and 
flowers in April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Solanifolia circea dia major. 
Others, Circa lutetiana; or Simply Circe. 
FOREIGN SPECIES. 
figure; broad at the bafe, and obtufe at the 
ends: there are only two or three of themina . 
tuft; and they have fhort footftalks. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, hairy, and 
two feet high. 
The leaves ftand ia pairs, and have long foot- 
ftalks: they are broad and oblong, widely fer- 
rated, and fharp-pointed and their colour isa 
beautiful deep green. 
“The flowers are white, with a tinge of purple 
fometimes, but not always; they ftand in long 
fpikes on the top of the ftalk, and on branches 
rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: the 
feed-veffel is large and rough. 
It is a’native of North America, and flowers 
in May. 
Tournefort calls it Circea canadenfis latifolia 
lore albo. 
Nothing is certainly known of the virtues of 
thefe plants. 
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