MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

  Comfrey, Vervain and Mints 221 are very widely spread but especially frequent from the ‘Celtic’ west. A natural follo ...

222 Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris, self-heal (Fuchs 1543, fig. 352) Isles—Prunella vulgarishas had three principal but dis ...

  Comfrey, Vervain and Mints 223 Gloucestershire^171 and the Highlands^172 as far as Britain is concerned. The second f ...

224 Clinopodium ascendens Clinopodium ascendens (Jordan) Sampaio Calamintha ascendens Jordan,Calamintha sylvatica subsp.ascenden ...

225 Plate 1. Juniperus communis, juniper (Cupressaceae) Plate 2. Caltha palustris, marsh-marigold (Ranunculaceae) Plate 3. Alnus ...

226 Plate 4. Althaea officinalis, marsh-mallow (Malvaceae) Plate 5. Viola odorata, sweet violet (Violaceae) Plate 6. Arctostaphy ...

227 Plate 8. Erica tetralix, cross-leaved heath (Ericaceae) Plate 9. Primula vulgaris, primrose (Primulaceae) Plate 7. Calluna v ...

228 Plate 10. Rubus fruticosus, blackberry (Rosaceae) Plate 11. Fragaria vesca, wild strawberry (Rosaceae) Plate 12. Geum urbanu ...

229 Plate 13. Crataegus monogyna , hawthorn (Rosaceae) Plate 14. Ilex aquifolium, holly (Aquifoliaceae) ...

230 Plate 15. Polygala vulgaris, common milkwort (Polygalaceae) Plate 16. Myrrhis odorata, sweet cicely (Apiaceae) ...

231 Plate 17. Crithmum maritimum, rock samphire (Apiaceae) Plate 18. Conium maculatum, hemlock (Apiaceae) ...

232 Plate 20. Hyoscyamus niger, henbane (Solanaceae) Plate 21. Datura stramonium, thorn-apple (Solanaceae) Plate 19. Vinca minor ...

233 Plate 22. Pulmonaria officinalis, lungwort (Boraginaceae) Plate 23. Lamium album, white dead-nettle (Lamiaceae) ...

234 Plate 25. Veronica beccabunga, brooklime (Scrophulariaceae) Plate 24. Scrophularia nodosa, common figwort (Scrophulariaceae) ...

235 Plate 28. Acorus calamus, sweet flag (Araceae) Plate 26. Dipsacus fullonum, wild teasel (Dipsacaceae) Plate 27. Silybum mari ...

236 Plate 29. Allium ursinum, ramsons (Liliaceae) Plate 30. Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, heath spotted-orchid (Orchi ...

both there^214 and in Suffolk^215 that infusion also had the supposed extra virtue of preventing bad dreams. But whereas in Suff ...

238 Mentha recognised by taxonomists. Until grown as pot-herbs, some of which have crept out of gardens and become naturalised i ...

  Comfrey, Vervain and Mints 239 was the plant recommended by Classical writers as a flea repellent. In defer- ence to ...

240 Mentha pulegium vesters in the fields and also used by sailors to sweeten their drinking water when at sea.^260 Beyond this ...