. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. I. Circaea lutetiana L, Circaea lutetiana L. Sp. PI. 9. 1753. Erect, branching, finely pubescent, at least above; stem swollen at the nodes, l°-2° high. Leaves slender- petioled, ovate, acuminate at the apex, rounded or rarely slightly cordate at the base, remotely denticulate, 2'-4' long; pedicels 2"-^" long, slender, spreading in flovifer, reflexed
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. I. Circaea lutetiana L, Circaea lutetiana L. Sp. PI. 9. 1753. Erect, branching, finely pubescent, at least above; stem swollen at the nodes, l°-2° high. Leaves slender- petioled, ovate, acuminate at the apex, rounded or rarely slightly cordate at the base, remotely denticulate, 2'-4' long; pedicels 2"-^" long, slender, spreading in flovifer, reflexed in fruit; bracts deciduous or none; flowers about l¥' broad; fruit broadly obo- void, nearly 2" long, 2-celled, densely covered with stiff hooked hairs, or rarely glabrous. In woods, Nova Scotia to western Ontario, North Dakota, Georgia, Ne- braska and Kansas. Also in Europe and Asia. Ascends to 2000 ft. in Virginia. Bindweed^nightshade. Mandrake. June- Aug. The specific name is from Lutetia, the ancient name of the City of Paris, France. Circaea intermedia Ehrh. has thin- ner strongly toothed leaves, some of them cordate, and ranges from Quebec to Michigan, New Hampshire and Ohio, and is recorded from Tennessee. 2. Circaea alpina L. Smaller Enchanter's Nightshade. Fig. 3075. Circaea alpina L. Sp. PI. 9. 1753. Smaller, 3'-8' high, simple or branched, weak, glabrate, or pubescent above. Leaves ovate, slender-petioled, acute or acuminate at the apex, more or less cordate at the base, coarsely den- tate, i'-2' long; flowers about i" broad; pedicels i4"-2" long, reflexed in fruit; fruit narrowly obovoid, i-celled, about i" long, covered with weak soft hooked hairs. In cold moist woods, Labrador to Alaska, south to Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and South Dakota. Also in Europe and Asia. Leaves thin, somewhat shining. Ascends to 6300 ft. in North Carolina. July-Sept. Family 99. TRAPACEAE Dumort, Fl. Belg. 90. 1827. Watee-nut Family. Aquatic herbs, with
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