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Bizarre plants: magical, monstrous, mythical

Describes the histories and features of many unusual and spectacular specimens of the plant world
Print Book, English, [1974]
Macmillan, New York, [1974]
Fictional Work
ix, 214 pages illustrations 24 cm
839954
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."