THE WILLOW-HERB FAMILY 
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slightly hairy and wavy, with short stalks and thick white mid-ribs, the lower leaves sometimes 
6-12 inches long. \Plate 47. 
Rare. A North American plant, naturalised in a few sandy places in England and Wales. July 
— September. Biennial. 
*Fragrant Evening 1 Primrose. ((Enothera odorata, Jaeq.) — Not a native. A very 
similar species, differing in having deeper yellow flowers fading to orange-scarlet, a larger capsule 
broader near the apex, brighter green, narrow, wavy leaves, the lower ones being remotely and 
sharply toothed. 
Rare. A Patagonian plant, also naturalised in a few sandy places in England and Wales. July — 
September. Biennial. 
ENCHANTER’S NIGHTSHADE. (CIRC^A, LINN.)— Flowers small, white or flesh-colour, in 
delicate terminal clusters (racemes). Sepals 2, united into a tube which adheres to the seedcase, 
and separating into 2 long teeth ; petals 2, deeply notched ; stamens 2 ; carpels 2, uniting into a 
2-celled seedcase, a thread-like style, and a thick 2-lobed stigma. Fruit a capsule, round or 
oblong, covered with hooked bristles, 2-celled, with 1 seed in each cell. Delicate, graceful herbs, 
with opposite, egg-shaped (ovate), finely toothed (serrate) leaves. 
Common Enchanter’s Nig’htshade. (Circsea lutetiana, Linn.) — As just described. 
Flowers white or flesh-colour with pink stamens, in light, graceful, terminal clusters (racemes) ; the 
capsule roundish and covered with hooked bristles ; the stem 1-2 feet high, erect, fragile, hairy, 
and slightly branched ; the leaves broadly egg- or heart-shaped and slightly toothed, on long 
stalks. [Plate 47. 
Common. In damp woods and stony places. June — August. Perennial. 
Alpine Enchanter’s Nig’htshade. (Circsea alpina, Linn.) — A very similar plant, but 
smaller in all ways, with less bristly capsules, usually with only 1 cell and seed, and heart-shaped, 
more deeply toothed leaves. 
Rare. Woods and stony places in mountainous districts. June — August. Perennial. 
