Bizarre plants: magical, monstrous, mythical
Describes the histories and features of many unusual and spectacular specimens of the plant world
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."