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teeth small, sharp or lower leaves often nearly entire ; lower surface 
paler. Eacemes few, terminal. Flowers purple-pink, hardly 
^ in. long. Stigmas combined, club-like. Capsule 2-3 in. 
Simla, common ; June-September. — W. Himalaya, 6000-12,000 ft. 
6. Epilobium Isetum, Wall. No. 6329, in part, i.e. Hausskn. 
Monogr. Epilob. 218 ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 584, under F. hirsutum, 
var. Icetum, in part. Stems erect, slender, 6-24 in., angled, 
usually unbranched, glabrous and shining except lines of crisp 
pubescence running down from the leaf-bases. Leaves sessile or 
nearly so, lanceolate, l-ljxf in.; teeth small, sharp. Eacemes 
short, terminal. Flowers white or pale pink, J in. long. Stigmas 
combined, club-like. Capsule 2-3 in. 
Narkunda'; July. — Simla to Sikkim, 6000-12,000 ft. 
2. CIRCLE A. After Circe, the enchantress of classical 
mythology. — A small genus, inhabiting N. temperate and cold 
regions. 
Perennial herbs ; stems usually unbranched. Leaves opposite, 
long-stalked, thin, ovate, sinuately toothed. Flowers less than 
\ in. diam., in terminal and lateral racemes. Calyx-tube ovoid; 
limb 2-parted, lobes reflexed, falling off after flowering. Petals 2, 
notched. Stamens 2. Ovary 1- or 2-celled ; style filiform ; stigma 
capitate ; ovule 1 in each cell. Capsule nut-like, indehiscent, 
1- or 2-celled, rough with hooked bristles ; seeds naked, 1 in 
each cell. 
Ovary 2-celled. Seeds 2. 
Leaves ovate, narrowed to the base . < . . 1. C. lutetiana. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cordate . . . • . . 2. C. cordata. 
Ovary 1-celled. Seed solitary 3. C. alpina. 
1. Circsea lutetiana, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 589. Pubescent ; 
stems erect or ascending, 1-2 ft. Leaves ovate, 2-3 x 1-1 J in., 
narrowed to the base, acute. Flowers white or tinged with pink. 
Ovary 2-celled. Capsule obovoid, J- in. ; seeds 2. 
Mushobra, in woods; August, September. -Temperate Himalaya, 7000- 
10,000 ft. — N. Hemisphere, southward to N. Africa. (Britain, Enchanter’s 
Nightshade.) 
2. Circsea cordata, Boyle ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 589. Pubescent or 
hairy ; stems erect, 1-2 ft. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 x l-|-2 
in., cordate, long-pointed. Flowers white. Ovary 2-celled. Cap- 
sule ovoid, g- in. ; seeds 2. 
Simla, in woods ; August, September. — W. Himalaya, 7000-9000 ft. — 
N. China, Japan. 
3. Circsea alpina, Linn.) FI. Br. Ind. ii. 589. Glabrous or 
slightly pubescent ; stems erect, 4-8 in. Leaves broadly ovate, 
