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Actually I'd also like to try myself in mnemonics.

One may note that roots of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. look like claws. Now, trientalis europaea has been considered as belonging to Lysimachia species. Actually Pritzel lists it as "Lysimachia trientalis". Lysimachia is called after Lysimachus. Among other glorious deeds, if one believes to what is told by Plutarch and (Russian) Wikipedia - and medieval people probably did the former as we do the latter, - Lysimachus was known by that he fought a lion when Alexander the Great forced the lion on him. And that lion's claws left characteristic scars on him.

I have Plutarch's "Bioi paralleloi" in two volumes (Russian translation) and can check that tomorrow.

The question, of course, is whether Lysimachia was already known under that name in XV century.

FYI, there was also a Greek physician called Lysimachos.

Lysimachia trientalis has, in the past, been used as a synonym for Trientalis europaea. I don't know how far back. These days, Lysimachia trientalis is recognized as a synonym for the North American species of Trientalis. The European and North American species look very similar.


Here's an example of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. Note that the tips of the leaves are pointy and sometimes curl under and it can sometimes have as many as eight or nine leaves. It's a good match for plant 5r, especially since the root is slightly knobbier than the European species. I generally believe that the VMS is earlier than 1492, but some of the plants match so well to North American plants that I always keep the possibility open that it might be later.