The northern flora, or, A description of the wild plants belonging to the north and east of Scotland, with an account of their places of growth and properties. Part. 1 / by Alexander Murray.
- Date:
- 1836
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Credit: The northern flora, or, A description of the wild plants belonging to the north and east of Scotland, with an account of their places of growth and properties. Part. 1 / by Alexander Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DIANDllIA.] CIRC^A. juice resembling the manna of the shops, transudes from the trunk, branches, and leaves of the ash. GENUS II. CIRC^A. Calyx in two deflexed segments, uniting into a tube at the bottom. Corolla of two petals. Capsule pear- shaped, rough, two-celled, two-seeded. SPECIES. 1. Clrceea aljiina. Mountain Enchanter's Nightshade. Stem not quite erect, usually smooth. Leaves mostly upon long opposite stalks, heart-shaped, pointed, toothed, smooth and shining. Flowers in clusters, white or reddish. Woods and shaded lake-sides, and similar situations; not rare, though unknown in many extensive tracts.—Den of Rubis- , law, near Aberdeen ; and occasionally on the banks of the Dee and Don. Near the Fall of Foyers, Inverness-shire. And on the banks of Loch Erriboll, in Sutherland. Kincardineshire, at Drumtochty. Mr. David Lyall; and in va- rious woods in the same county. Mr. Chrystall.—Deeside, at Upper Banchory. Rev. James Paull.—Woods near Castleton, Braemar, and stony places by the side of Lochlee. Dr. Balfour.— Donside, atGlenkindy. Mr. Proctor, surgeon.—Centre of Banff- shire. Mr. Craigie, surgeon.—Millowood and Dim Craig, near Keith. Rev. W. Cowie.—Speyside. Mr. R. Bremner.—In the province of Moray. Mr. Stables. — Ross-shire. Mr. G. C. Smith. Perennial—flowering in July. 2. Circsea Lutetiana. Common Enchanter's Nightshade. Stem erect, more than a foot high, downy, as well as the stalks both of the leaves and flowers. Leaves opaque, dull green, ovate or imperfectly heart-shaped, slightly tooth- ed, the upper ones far the narrowest. Flowers in long and slightly branched clusters. Fruit covered with curved bristles. Shaded places, rare. Den of Rubislaw. Mr. William Smith.—Upper Banchory. Mr. Francis Adams, surgeon.—Ravine at Formartin. Earl of Aberdeen.—Inverness and Parish of Urquhart and Glenmor- riston. New Statistical Account, Pt. VI. Perennial—flowering in June and July. Obs.—These species may be distinguished from one another ])y the latter being erect, taller and more downy, with ovate opaque](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21942973_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
