RE: Plant f22v
-JKP- > 16-08-2019, 11:51 PM
Oh yes. I know that herbal.
The drawing is also labeled Cauda Equina (horsetail) and that's what the drawing looks like (equisetum). Equisetum (horsetail) and Hippurus (mare's tail) were very common in medieval herbals.
The drawing doesn't look anything like Neottia. Anton, that first letter could easily be mistaken for an R, but I think it says Katzenschwantz, which is a less common name for equisetum (and which we tend to associate with cattail rushes rather than equisetum).