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The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope. The root of this is compofed of many imall 
fibres •, the (talks are weak, fo trail on the ground, 
if they are not fupported •, but if they are will 
rile' four feet high, dividing into many branches, 
garni Hied with roundifh kidney-fhaped leaves, cre- 
mated on their edges ; the flowers are produced at 
the extremity of the branches infmall clutters •, they 
are yellow, and in fhape like thofe of the common 
Ragwort, which are fucceeded by feeds, crowned 
with down. 
This fort is eafily propagated by cuttings, which, if 
planted in a fhady border during the fumrner months, 
and duly watered, will put out roots in a month or 
five weeks , foon after which it will be proper to 
transplant them into pots, becaufe their roots are 
very apt to (bread in the full ground ; fo when the 
plants are taken up, many of their roots are tom 
off, whereby the plants are endangered. This is alfo 
often the cafe of the plants in pots. When they 
are not often removed, their roots will llioot through 
the holes in the bottom of the pots into the ground, 
and the plants will grow luxuriantly ; but when the 
pots are removed, and thofe roots torn off, the plants 
are often killed thereby. As this plant grows na- 
turally at the Cape of Good Hope, it is too tender to 
live through the winters in England in the open air ; 
yet if it is nurfed tenderly, it is very apt to draw up 
weak, and thereby is deftroyed ; therefore the lureft 
method to preferve it, is to make young plants an- 
nually from cuttings, and to place them in a common 
hot-bed frame in winter, where they may enjoy the 
full air in mild weather, but be fcreened from the 
froft, and in fummer place them abroad with other of 
the hardier forts of exotic plants. 
The fecond fort grows naturally on the fea-coafts in 
fome parts of England and Wales, in particular 
warm fpots, but in the fouth of France and Italy, it 
is very common. This hath many ligneous (talks, 
which rife two or three feet high, dividing into many 
branches, which have a white downy bark, and are 
garnilhed with very woolly leaves fix or eight inches 
long, deeply finuated, and jagged on their borders 
into many winged points they are downy on both 
iides. The (talks which fupport the flowers are a 
foot or more in length, having two or three fmall 
leaves on each, (haped like thofe below, and are ter- 
minated by many yellow flowers growing in panicles, 
fhaped -like thole of common Ragwort ; thefe appear 
in June, July, and Auguft, and are fucceeded by 
feeds, which ripen the beginning of Obtober. 
This fort is alfo eaflly propagated by planting cut- 
tings or flips of it on a (hady border during the fum- 
mer months, obferving to water them duly. When 
thefe are well rooted, they fhould be planted in a dry 
rubbifliing foil, where they will refill the cold of our 
ordinary winters very well, and continue many years ; 
but in rich moift ground, the plants are often fo very 
luxuriant in fummer, as to be killed in winter when 
there is much froft. 
The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope. 1 his hath branching (talks, which are 
fimibby, and rife from two to three feet high, gar- 
niftied with oval leaves placed oppoflte : the foot- 
ftalks of the flowers are long, naked, and fupport 
one^ blue flower at the top, whofe rays are reflexed ; 
thefe appear great part of the year, and thofe which 
blow in fummer are fucceeded by compreffed feeds 
crowned with down. 
This may be propagated by fowing the feeds on a bed 
of light earth the beginning of April, and when the 
plants are fit to remove, they (hould be part of them 
planted in pots, that they may be flieltered in winter 
under a hot-bed frame ; the remainder may be plant- 
ed clofeto a warm wall in poor ground, where, if the 
winter proves favourable, "they will live but if thefe 
fail, thofe in the frame will be fecured. It may alfo 
be propagated by cuttings, in the fame manner as 
the laft mentioned. 
The fourth fort hath fiirubby branching ftalks, which 
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rife three or four feet high, garniflied with oblong, 
thick, undivided leaves, of a glaucous colour. The 
flowers are produced on branching foot-ftalks, arifing 
toward the end of the branches ; they are yellow, 
(haped like thofe of the other forts, but are rarely 
fucceeded by feeds in England. This is eafily pro- 
pagated by cuttings any time in fummer : the plants, 
when rooted, muff be planted in pots, that they may 
be removed into flicker in winter, for. they will not 
live abroad in England. It grows naturally at the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
The fifth fort grows naturally on the fea coafts of Italy 
and Sicily. This has great refemblance to the fecond 
fort, but the ftalks are more woody, rife higher, and 
do not branch fo much. The leaves are broader, 
not fo much finuated, and are of a black green co- 
lour on their upper fide. The flowers are produced 
in fmaller bunches on the top of the foot-ftalks, and 
are like thofe of the fecond fort, but are rarely fuc- 
ceeded by feeds in England, nor are the plants fo 
hardy, therefore (hould be flieltered in winter. It is 
eaflly propagated by cuttings during the fummer 
months, in the fame way as the fecond fort. , 
CIRCE A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 24. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 
301. tab. 155. [It is faid to be fo called from Circe, 
the famous enchantrefs, faid to have enchanted U- 
lyfles and his companions. Boerhaave fuppofes it to 
be fo called, becaufe the fruit of this plant takes 
hold of peoples cloaths, and by this means draws 
them to it, as the enchantrefs Circe was wont to do 
by her enchantments.] Enchanter’s Nightfhade. 
The Characters -are, 
1 The empalement of the flower is compofed of two oval 
concave leaves : the flower hath two heart-floaped petals , 
which are equal and fpread open ■, it hath two eredt hairy 
flamina , terminated by. roundijh fummits. The germen 
is fituated under the flower , fupporting a fender ftyle , 
crowned by an obtnfe bordered ftigjna. 'The empale- 
ment afterward becomes a rough oval capfule with twQ 
cells opening lengthways , each containing a Jingle oblong 
feed : 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feblion of 
Linnteus’s fecond clafs, intitled Diandria Monogynia, 
the flower having two (lamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, , 
t. Circe a ( Lutetiana ) caule erefto, racemis pluribus, 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 9. Enchanter's Nightfhade, with an up- 
right ftalk and many fpikes of flowers. Circea luteti- 
ana. Lob. Icon. 266. Common Enchanter's Night- 
Jhade. 
2. Circea ( Alpina ) caule adlcendente, racemo unico. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 9. Enchanter's Nightfhade, with an 
afcending ftalk and a Jingle fpike. Circea minima. Col. 
p. 2. 80. Leaf Enchanter's Nightfhade. 
The firft fort grows naturally in (hady woods, and 
under hedges, in many parts of England. This 
plant hath a .creeping root, by which it multiplies 
greatly. The ftalks are upright, and rife a foot and 
a half high, garniflied with heart-Ihaped leaves placed 
oppoflte, upon very long foot-ftalks : thefe are of a 
dark green on their i,ipper fide, but are pale on their 
under fide. The ftalks are terminated by loofe fpikes 
of flowers, which are branched out into three or four 
fmall fpikes. The flowers are fmall and white, hav- 
ing but two petals, oppoflte to which are fituated the 
two (lamina. After the flowers fall away, the em- 
palement of the flower becomes a rough capfule, in- 
clofing two oblong feeds. 
The fecond fort grows at the foot of mountains in 
many parts of Germany. It alfo grows naturally in, 
a wood near the Hague, from whence I brought it. 
to England. This fort feldom riles more than fix or 
eight inches high, with a (lender ftalk, garniflied 
with leaves fhaped like thofe of the former fort, but 
fmaller, and are indented on their edges. The flow- 
ers are produced on Angle loofe fpikes at the top of 
the ftalks, which are fmaller than thofe of the former 
fort, but of the fame form and colour. Thefe plants 
flower in June, and their feeds ripen in Auguft; but 
they both multiply exceedingly by their creeping 
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