Title: Bizarre plants : magical, monstrous, mythical /
Authors: Emboden, William A.; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Publisher: Macmillan,
Year: 1974
Subjects: Plants, Medicinal; Magic; Folklore; Medicinal plants.; Plants Folklore
Abstract: Describes the histories and features of many unusual and spectacular specimens of the plant world.
Contents: Prologue -- Monstrous plants -- Orchids in witchcraft and medicine -- Satan's simples: the herbs of black magic -- Herbs of grace: witches and warlocks undone -- Dragon's blood -- The fabulous Coco-de-mer -- Plants that eat animals -- The hand of glory -- mandragora -- Ginseng -- wonder of the world -- Fungal fantasies -- Plants that never were: a floral "talepiece."