HERB - Charlemagne's list
ND Wederstrandt
nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Jun 4 06:49:44 PDT 1998
>16. squill ? Is a fleshy plant that looks something like an onion but
>doesn't smell like an onion or taste like an onion. I don't have my book
>of weird things so I can't give you a Latine name but I have grown it.
>It's still called squill.
> 23. skirret? A root much like salsify. I think it may even be salsify.
>Skirrit is a name of an edible root plant.
> 26. rocket? May be a salad herb much like sorrel.
> 30. alexanders?
> 38 dittander? Try Dittany of Crete
>54. orach? A salad plant. this one is listed in the Medieval Medicinal
>Plant book. Looks a lot like Lamb's Quarters. Close to spinach in use.
>55. blite? Strawberry bite. Similar to Orach. Has flowers or seed
>clusters that are pinkish red. Hence the word strawberry in the title.
>78. medlar? Type of fruit similar to apples. the fruit must be almost
>rotten to eat it. Very popular in the middle ages.
Clare
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