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round and jointed Stalks , mofi commonly fan ding 
upright, yet fometimes leaning doom to the Ground , 
and taking Root again at the Joints: it grows about 
a Foot or half a lard high , efpecial/y if it grows 
in a mvifi Jhaay place , with two Leaves Jet at every 
Joint , each of them growing upon a pretty long foot 
Stalk, which arc broad, and round almofi at the 
bottom, but very long pointed at the end, fome thing 
waved about the edges, much like to the Leaves oj 
Nightfhade as fome think, or rather like to thoje of 
Pellitory of the Wall ^ being of a Jlnning green 
color on the upper fide -, and tender, f oft and gentle 
in handling but a little hairy, and oj a dark gray- 
ifh color underneath. From the middle of 
the Stalk almojl upwards, the F lowers grow in 
Spiek fafhion, many fet together, one above another, 
which Jhcw to be of a dark brown colqr, whileft t hey 
continue Budds, not blown open, but being blown 
are J mall Star like Flowers, con fifing of five 
Leaves apiece, dafht over, efpecialy at the brims or 
edges, with a light few of blufh, with many brown- 
iff) yellow Threads in the middle -, zvherc, after 
they are pa (l, [mail, rough, round Heads come forth, 
like unto fmall Burrs, flicking to Garments in like 
manner, in which are contained fmall Jhining black 
Seed, fomsthing like unto the Seed of Parietaria, but 
lejjer. 
cJndianiers VCiflstladc. 
X. The f eventh , or Letter Inchanters Night- 
fhade. This in its Root, Stalks, Leaves, Flowers, 
Seed, form, and manner oj growing, and indeed in all 
rej "pells is like to the former , and differs from it only 
in. that it grows much lejfer in every part , and this, 
altho it grows in the fame Ground or place. Thefe 
two Plants obtained the Name of Inchanters, from 
Circe the Inchan t refs, they being fome thing like the 
Circea Diofcoridis, and not from any Inchanting 
Tower or Virtue that is in them. 
XI. The eighth , or Tree Night-fhade, zvhich is 
« beautiful Plant in refpetf to its green Leaves and 
red Berries. It has a fmall long woody yellowflringy 
Root, with many Fibres adjoining to it : from whence 
J'prings up a Woody Stem or Stalk as thick as ones 
Finger or Thumb, and about 3 or 4 Feet high, covered 
with a whitijh green Bark,fpread out into many green 
Branches, having on them many fair green Leaves $ 
Tree Nightfhade. 
fometimes unevenly .waved on the edges , narrower 
than any Nightfhade Leaves , amt very near ref em- 
tiling the Leaves of Capficum or Guinny Pepper, 
(whence the Name Pfeudo Capficum, for it has no- 
rthing of the nature of that Plant in it) hut /mailer, 
and narrower , falling away in the Winter, and 
Shooting frejh again in the Spring. The flowers 
grow often 3 or 5 together at the Joints of the 
Branches with the Leaves ; they are white and Star 
fajhioned , but fometimes turning lhcmfelves back, 
with a yellow Poinlel in the middle , very like to 
Nightfhade flowers ; when they are fag, Jmall 
green Buttons come in their places, which after- 
wards come to be pie af ant round red Berries , of the 
bignefs of fmall Cherries when they are rife , which 
with us ripen not till about Chriltmas-, in which 
are contained many .flat, fmall, whitijh Seed. All 
the whole Plant , as well Leaves and flowers as 
Seed, are without either Smell or Tafle. 
XII. The Places. The firft grows Wild with 
us under old Walls, and among Kubbifh, by com- 
mon Path Ways, by Hedge fides, and banks of 
Ditches both in hot and cold Countries; and in 
all Climates it grows naturally or fpontaneoufly 
in moll Gardens, without any Sowing it, or Plant- 
ing it. The fecond and third grows Wild only in 
hot Countries, as Spain, Italy, 8tc. The fourth 
Alpinus fays, glows; in Candia. The fifth in Vir- 
ginia, Carolina , New- England, and other Provinces 
of floriia, But thefe lalt four grow with us only 
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