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521 521

Pruessner, A. H., 95– 97

pukku, 106

Pythagorus, 212

Quaestiones Naturales (Adelard of Bath), 307

Queen of Sheba, 271

Quran

A l lat, 271– 273

Al- ’Uzza (goddess of date palms), 271– 274

Manat, 271– 272

on Mary and date palm, 277

Sūra 53, 271– 272

rachillae, 92, 93f– 94f

of date, 99– 101, 100f, 132n26

rachis

of barley, 65n23

brittle, 38– 40, 38f– 39f, 40n23

in cereals, domesticated, 36– 40, 38f– 39f

of date, 92, 93f– 94f, 99, 111, 132n26

of date, in jewelry, 99, 133n42

“The Rapture” (Carew), 305, 320n44

Rashi, Rabbi, 96

Ray, John, 332, 333

Historia Plantarum, 333, 336– 337, 341,

366, 370

rays, sun’s, 134n64

recessive, 492, 496n23

reciprocal cross, Koelreuter’s, 419

Reeds, Karen, 264, 313

Renfrew, Colin, 72

Rhea (Mother of the Gods), 184

rhizoids, 466f

Rhizotomikon (K rateuas), 252– 253

rhizotomist, 252

Ricinus, Camerarius’ experiments with, 342

ring seals, Mycenaean vs. Minoan, 168– 170,

169 f– 170f

Rinio, Benedetto, Liber de Simplicibus,

311, 311f

“The Romance of the Rose”

de Lorris, Guillaume, 293, 294– 295

de Meun, Jean, 293, 296– 297, 319nn20– 21

“plucking” and deflowering in, 297

Roman Elegies (Goethe), 444

Roman myths and botany, 229– 250

agricultural deities in, 229– 238

Ceres, 230, 231f– 232f

Flora (goddess of flowers), 233– 236, 234f

Isis, 236– 238

Juno, 230, 235

Libera, 232

Liber and Libera, 232

Tellus (goddess of earth), 232,

238– 240, 239f

Venus, 233– 234

degeneration of olive trees in, original sin

and, 247– 248

Greek influence on, 229

Tellus and Ara Pacis Augustae in,

238– 240, 239f

writers on agriculture in, 240– 246

Cato the Elder, 240

Columella, 240– 241

Nicolaus of Damascus and De Plantis,

243– 246, 249nn30– 34, 251, 372

Pliny and Historia Natura, 241– 243

Varro, 240– 241

Virgil, 240, 247

Rome, founder of, 230

Rosa canina,  149

rose

as Mary, 301– 303, 302f– 306f, 320n41

in Middle Ages

in Courtly Love tradition, 292,

293 f– 294f, 319n15

“The Romance of the Rose,” 292– 294

Rousseau, Jean- Jacques, 406– 407, 427n11

Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed

to a Lady,  407

on Linnaeus’ system of classification,

370, 377n58

Ruel, Jean

on grafting, 300

pregnancy model of flower of, 317– 318

Sabaeans, 271

sacred grove frescoes, of Knossos, 140– 142, 141f

sacred trees, 85– 127. See also specific types

artificial pollination of ( see artificial

pollination, of date palm trees)

of Çatalhüyük, fruit of, 49f, 50, 66n45

date palm in, 92– 103, 182 (see also date

palm trees)

in fruit and nut tree plantations, early, 92,

132nn23– 25