CIRCE'A ALPI'NA. 
ALPINE enchanter’s NIGHTSHADE. 
Class. Order. 
DIANDRIA. MONOOVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CIRCJEACE*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
Britain. 
5 inches. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
Mountains. 
No. 378. 
The name of this plant was adopted after that of 
(he enchantress Circe ; a mythological personage, 
whom Homer, in his Odyssey, has made to play 
malicious pranks with the men of Ulysses. She is 
there represented dispensing her favours to them, — 
“ Milk newly press’d, the sacred flour of wheat. 
And honey fresh, and Pratnnian wines the treat.” 
But her luxuries are envenomed, and she afterwards 
changes her guests into swine. Our readers will 
deduce their own moral. 
This is one of the minor beauties of the mountains, 
but is worthy of attentive examination. Properly 
disposed of, on borders or mounts, chiefly covered 
with stones, of almost any description, these small 
subjects excite a pleasing interest. This is always 
lost where they are planted indiscriminately with 
large subjects, which prevent the attention resting 
on their diminutive forms. 
The Circsea alpina increases fast by its roots, 
w hich may be divided at almost any season. If the 
soil be rich and light, in which they are to be planted, 
they should be potted, and the pot sunk, to prevent 
their spreading inconveniently. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 26. 
