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Enchanter's Nightshade. GirccBa alpina. 



Found in cool damp shade during July and August. 



The thick and juicy stalk, which grows from 4 to 8, or even 10, 

 inches in height, is round, and smooth, and branching. It is light green, 

 red at the joints. 



The heart-shaped leaf is rather large near the foot, with a coarsely 

 notched margin, a thin texture, and smooth surface ; light green in color. 

 The leaves, on slender, short stems, are set in pairs, which occur at right 

 angles to each other. 



Its very tiny flower with the 2 round-tipped petals, 2 alternating 

 thread stamens, and 2-parted calyx is all pure white, though the calyx- 

 divisions, which turn downward, are slightly tinged with green. The 

 flowers, on very tiny foot-stems, are scattered along very curving stems, 

 which spring tei'minally, and from the angles of the upper leaves. 



Found only in shady woods, this plant courts no notice, but grati- 

 fles its lovers with an indefinable charm of growth and color, as shy and 

 evasive as the dim light of the silent woodland spaces it inhabits. 



