166 Circaea lutetiana
Viscum album, mistletoe (Bock
1556, p. 358)
widespread hybrid with the rare C. alpina Linnaeus) as an aphrodisiac, given
by girls to their lovers without their knowing. The plant was claimed, when
placed in water, to make it bubble.^86
Viscaceae
Viscum album Linnaeus
mistletoe
Europe, central Asia, Japan, North Africa; introduced into
North America
Formerly in great repute,Viscum album ‘is now very much disregarded; and
indeed its sensible qualities promise but little. Some remains of Druidical