Circia lutetiAna. Enchanters Nightshade. 
CIIIC^A Lm. Ge„. Pi, Monogy,Jia 
C.r. dipetaia. C.t. diphylhs, fcpe,„s. i. Kbcula.,. 
c,aca.:;2::;:r„“"" r™'- *' 
CIRCJSA foliis labcordaarubforatis. Hcller bifl. n. 8,3. 
CIRCjEA lutetiana. Scopoii.pi, Cark li. fi. 
CiRCiEA lutetiana. Lob. k. ,fifi. Oer. emac. 35,. 
CIRCj^^A lutetiana major. Par), 
SOLANIFOLIA Circsa dida major. Baub, pin. ,68. 
OCYMASTRUM verrucaiium T "R t t ■ r>. ■■ n 
■ }■ ■ ■ 977. Ritil. Synaps. p. 2S9. Enchanters Nightfiiade. 
Oeder. FI. Dm, ,. ajfi. 
LigbtfoctFl. Scl.p. jo. 
HuJfin. FI. ,0. 
RADIX perennis, repens, ftolonibu albis. 
CAUDIS pedalis ad lefquipedalerh. fnbereftus tfefes 
l*vis geniculis incraffatisp„rp„jfoe’ntibus,’ 
ramolus. * 
RAMI oppofiti, longij iuferne folii, 
centes. ^ 
FOLIA oppofita,- petlolata, fubcorfp, acuta, lievia 
inferne pallidiora, rdarginfentata. * ’ 
FLORES parvi, albidi, fummitatib ranriiforAm ra- 
cematim infideiites. 
PEDUNCULI alterni, demiim defle 
CALYX: Perianthium d’iphyllunfoliolis ovati? 
concavis, deflexis, ptirpurei^du„cuIo com- 
muni infidentibiis. fig. r. 5 
COROLLA:- Petala duo, obcorn, longitudine 
calycis, patentia, a;qualia, nies ^feffilia 
Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta duo, cdaria, ereda 
alba ; Anther2E fubrotuni majufculiE* 
albidae. Jig. 3. 
PISTILUM : Germen inferum, hlfp^ ; g.j.y^yg 
filiformis, longitudine Stamii> Stigma 
bifidum, ruberrimum. 4. 8. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula turbinatrata, com- 
preflh, hifpida, pilis unelnatijiiocularis 
bivalvis, a bafi ad apicem dehlfc jig^ 
SEMINA duo, oblonga, inferne angliflior^. 
* S-TAI^rr”'”* "'I'’ "“P'”g">« 7 <>«ngftoots white. 
I blALKS from afoot to afoot and half in height 
1 j°“ts 
» btanched. 
I ANCHEo oppofite, long; mi the lower part leafc 
I the upper downy. 
I ^ foot-a,lks, fomewhat 
I hearrihaped, pointed, finooth, of a phler c reeii 
! FI nwRC" o" =%= toothed. 
I ^ fniall, whitilh, placed on the tops of the 
i „ branches 111 racemi. ‘ 
, flower-stalks alternate, finally tnnied dmvn- 
I wards. ' 
I CALYX: a Perianthium of two leaves, which are 
orate, liollow, turned back, of a purple colour, 
rnorir T » "g™* ‘oot^bflk-A- i. o 
^yth hcarflaped.'^the 
length of the cal vx, Ipreading, equal, flelh- 
stamina : nvo FtOAMENTS, very fine, npriglit, of 
a white colour 1 Anther jr rouiidifli, rather 
, liSTILLUiM: GER.MEN placed below the calyx 
I rfthe’s'r"'^ the length 
I »ioim 
» SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule fomewhat egg-fli.ipcd 
I h fpid, th» hairs hooked at the extremity, 
J haying two cavities an J two valves, and opeif- 
f SEEDS two, oblong, narroweft at the 
TH£ 'Enchanters Nighljhade is a plant b ni'eans mirnn-,rr.«.> i , 
orchards, under hedges, walls, and in woo^ in July a„j AuVuR fhady lanes, m 
beauties in its fruaificatioii, the gardener £3 difficulty in deftroying 'I its rmt , tl'fcover many 
Its feeds being arm’d with little hooks ay to adhere to onesTlolfhs’ ‘^^eeping kind. 
The caterpillar of the Sphinx Elpenor or Efjf Hatsok Moth wbieh c • 
or marJJs Ladies Bedftraw\\z^ fometimes beeiud feeding on this plant 
partui from its ufual food, in the Autumn gve„rymf.e tLe iSe Wi=s of '‘a tm^^ 
the country, the plant on which rt was the,nj ,gj, DrJunmks nr D P tvrasfent me from 
in its nature to the Galmm, I have often had ;o„ to obferve that fonie caterDillsf- ““.''"f hiffimilar 
have their peculiar food, while others will di any v5,„table that orefeiits iffelf ^ T' P™jh uiilefs they 
PiaUna Bbafftca:, would feed heartily, and g® tho leaves o^f the f *''= 
Onisn I yet 1 have myfelf been an eye witnefsgli inllances F.igbljhadc, or the roots of the 
