in antiquity, a low column, with an inscription, erected on the high roads, or other places, to show the way to travellers, to serve as a boundary, to mark the grave of a deceased person, &c.

CIRCÉA, or Enchanters Nightshade, in botany, a genus of the diandria-monogynia class. The corolla consists of two petals; the corolla has likewise two leaves; and the capsule contains but one seed. The species are three, two of which are natives of Britain, viz., the lutitiana, or enchanters-nightshade; and the alpina, or mountain enchanters-nightshade.