- IDENTIFICATION OF PHYTOMORPHS IN THE VOYNICH CODEX 51
(a) (b)Fig. 1.49. Anemone tuberosa: (a) fol. 29v; (b)A. tuberosa(Courtesy of 7Song).
are brown, long, and tuberous (Fig. 1.48a). This matches very nicely the
variability ofAnemone patensL., pasqueflower (Figs. 1.48b and 1.48c),
which is circumboreal, south to Texas and New Mexico.
- Fol. 29v.Anemone tuberosa(Fig. 1.49). This has blue-green, hairy
flower buds with a multi-petaled, bluish corolla; basal leaves are
deeply divided; roots are tuberous (Fig. 1.49a). This matchesAnemone
tuberosa Rydb., desert anemone (Fig. 1.49b), native from Utah to
Mexico.
CC. Saxifragaceae
- Fol. 49r.Lithophragma affine(Fig. 1.50).This has blue flowers with
fringed petals and red calyces; leaves are numerous and borne tightly
together on long petioles; roots are tuberous (Fig. 1.50a). This matches
the variability ofLithophragma affineA. Gray (Figs. 1.50b and 1.50c),
which is native from Oregon to Baja California and intergrades with
L. parviflorum(Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray (Park and Elvander 2012).