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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Onagraceae: Circaea
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872565
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Lincoln
Locality	at Saw Mill Brook
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9e4c6058-a753-4ffa-89fa-19eb400c0cfa
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872565
Herbarium	GH
Family	Onagraceae
Determination	Circaea lutetiana Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[is label name]
Family	Onagraceae
Determination	Circaea canadensis (Linnaeus) Hill
Determination Remarks	[is Current name]
Annotation Text	fide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 10 April 2017
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	FlowerAndFruit
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed

Remarks

[“July 6 . . . At Saw Mill Brook, Circaea alpina, enchanter’s-nightshade, moist shady places, with thin tender leaves somewhat like the touch-me-not’s” Journal 4: 196. 1852. “July 16. . .P.M. – Via railroad and pond to Saw Mill Brook. . .The large (?) circaea (it is the lutetiana, though the flowers are white), apparently two or three days.” Journal 6: 396-7. 1854. "The Circaea at Sawmill Brook is the same with that at [Viola] Muhlenbergii Br[ook]. It differs from Gray’s C.[ircaea] Lutetiana in the stem not being mostly pubescent (but conspic.[uously] smpooth) -- there being some bracts, not to say stipules the latter sometimes very large -- the hair of the fruit not being bristly (Yes it is rather so Aug. 26th). From his Alpina in not being low & weak (one is 37+ inches high some are low and not branched) -- the leaves not shining. Now coarsely toothed, but remotely & slightly. It differs from Bigelow's [Circaea] Lutetiana in leaves not being pubescent (except under a glass) -- petals not being reddish white -- From B[igelow]’s [Circaea] Alpina in not being a particularly small & humble plant, & the leaves not being very distinctly heart shaped. Call it Circaea simply V[ide] Aug 13th 56." unpublished passage for July 24, 1856]]