ClRO&A LUTETIAN A. ENCHANTERS NlGHTSHADE. 



CIRCLE A Lin. Gen. PI. Diandria Monogynia 



Cor. dipetala. CaL diphyllus, fuperus. Sem. I. biloculare. 



Rail Syn. Gen* 19. 20. Herb;e vasculifer;e, flore dipetalo et tripetalo. 



ORCiEA lutetiana, caule erect.o, racemis pluribus, foliis ovatis. Lin. Syfu Vegetab. p. $$. Sp. PL p. 12. 

 pi. Suecic. n. 6. 



CIRC^A foliis iubcordatis fubferratis. Haller hifl. 11. 813. 



CIRC^A lutetiana. Scopoli, PI. Cam. n. 6. 



CIRCiEA lutetiana. Lob. ic. 266. Ger. emac. 351. 



CIRCi£A lutetiana major. Park. 351» 



SOLANIFOLIA Circasa dicta major. Bauh, pin. 168. 



OCYMASTRUM verrucarium. J. B. 11. 977. Rait. Synops. p. 289. Enchanters Nightfhade. 



Oeder. PL Ban. t. 256. 

 LightfootPl. Scot. p. 20. 

 Hudfon. Fl. Angl p* 10. 



RADIX perennis, repens, ftolonibus albis. 



CAULiS pedalis ad fefquipedalem, fubere£tus, teres, 



laevis, geniculis incraffatis, purpurafcentibus, 



ramofus. 

 RAMI oppofiti, longi, itiferne foliofi, fuperne pubef- 



centes. 

 FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, fubcordata, acuta, laevia, 



inferne pailidiora, margine dentata, 



FLORES parvi, aibidi, fummitatibus ramulorum ra- 



cematim infidentes. 

 PEDUNCULI alterni, demum deflexi. 



CALYX: PerianthiuM diphylium, foliolis ovati?, 

 concavis, deflexis, purpureis, pedunculo com- 

 muni infidentibus* fig. 1, 9. 



COROLLA: Petal a duo, obcordata, longitudine 

 calycis, patentia, aequalia, carnea, feffilia. 



fig- 2 - 

 STAMINA: Filamenta duo, capillaria, erecta, 



alba ; Anthers fubrotundse, majufculse, 



albidas. fig. 3. 



PISTILUM : GErmen inferum, hifpidum ; Stylus 



filiformis, longitudine Staminum ; Stigma 



bifid um, ruberrimum. fig. 4. 8. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula turbinato-ovata, com- 

 prefla, hifpida, pilis uncinatis, bilocularis, 

 bivalvis, a bafi ad apicemdehifcens* fig. 5. 6. 



SEMINA duo, oblonga, inferne anguftiora. fig. 7. 



ROOT perennial and creeping, its young moots white. 



STALKS from a foot to a foot and half in height, 

 nearly upright, round, fmocth, the joints 

 fwelled and purplifh, branched. 



BRANCHES oppofite, long, on the lower part leafy, 

 on the upper downy. 



LEAVES oppolite, Handing on foot-ftalks, fomewhat 

 heartfhaped, pointed, fmooth, of a paler green 

 on the under fide, the edge toothed. 



FLOWERS fmall, whitifh, placed on the tops of the 

 branches in racemi. 



FLOWER-STALKS alternate, finally turned down- 

 wards. 



CALYX: a Perianthium of two leaves, which are 

 ovate, hollow, turned back, of a purple colour, 

 fitting on one common footftalk. fig. 1. 9. 



COROLLA J two Petals inverfely heartfhaped, the 

 length of the calyx, fpreading, equal, flefh- 

 colour'd and feffile fig. 2. 



STAMINA: two Filaments, very fine, upright, of 

 a white colour ; Antherje roundifh, rather 

 large, of a whitifh colour, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen placed below the calyx, 

 hifpid, and grey ; Style filiform, the length 

 of the Stamina ; Stigma bifid, of a bright red 

 colour, fig. 4. 8. 



SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule fomewhat egg-fhaped, 

 but confiderably broadeff, at one end, flatten'd, 

 hifpid, the hairs hooked at the extremity, 

 having two cavities and two valves, and open- 

 ing ftom the bottom to the top. fig. 5. 6. 



SEEDS two, oblong, narrowefl at the bottom, fig. 7. 



THE Enchanters Nightjhade is a plant by no means uncommon in particular fituations, as in fhady lanes, in 

 orchards, under hedges, walls, and in woods, it flowers in July and AugUft; the Botanift will difcover many 

 beauties in its fructification, the gardener finds a difficulty in deftroying it, its root being of the creeping kind. 



Its feeds being arm'd with little hooks are apt to adhere to ones cloaths. 



The caterpillar of the Sphinx Elpenor or Elephant Hawk Moth which chiefly confines itfelf to the Galium pahjfre 

 or marjjj Ladies Bedfiraw has fometimes been found feeding on this plant, nor is this the only inftance of its de- 

 parture from its ufual food, in the Autumn of feventy-nine the fame fpecies of caterpillar was fent me from 

 the country, the plant on which it was there found was the Arum Dracunculus or Dragons, one very diffimilar 

 in its nature to the Galium, I have often had occafion to obferve that fome caterpillars will perifh unlefs they 

 have their peculiar food, while others will devour any vegetable that prefents itfelf; who would think that the 

 Phalcena Brajficce^ would feed heartily, and be nourifhed by the leaves of the dead!} Nightjhade, or the roots of the 

 Onion ? vet I have myfelf been an eye witnefs to both infrances, 



