- IDENTIFICATION OF PHYTOMORPHS IN THE VOYNICH CODEX 25
(a) (b)(c)(d)Fig. 1.20. Silenesp.: (a) fol. 24r; (b and c) stems and inflorescence ofS. menziesii
(Courtesy of Robert L. Carr, http://web.ewu.edu/ewflora/Caryophyllaceae/Silene%20men
ziesii.html); (d) flower infected withMicrobotryum violaceum(Courtesy of Michael
Hood).
Standley described the bases as rounded or obtuse, but all herbarium
sheets of this species that we have seen would be better described
as cuneate. Leaves ofI. murucoidesare described by McPherson as
variously pubescent, while the leaves ofI. arborescens are usually
tomentose, especially on the lower surface, rendering the abaxial sur-
face gray-green, the adaxial surface green. The tomentose abaxial sur-
face often turns brownish green on drying, which is similar to that of the
phytomorph in the Voynich Codex. Additional names forI. arborescens