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In You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., the drawing under the name Saliunca is the plant Bruscus (Ruscus)—probably Ruscus aculeatus or Ruscus hypoglossom.

The one to the right of the Saliunca paragraph is Solomon's Seal (Sigillum Salamonis).


Saliunca is a disputed name, a very old one. I can't remember if I ever resolved it on my own.

Some relate it to Celtic nard, but it looks nothing like this plant. Others say Punicea roseta (thought to maybe be punic rose, but it's a completely different plant from Celtic nard), but I don't think this was ever resolved either. Many of the ancient descriptions had only brief mentions of leaf and root and no drawings.


If I were forced to go by the drawing alone, with no text, I would guess the drawing at the top of the Canastense looks like Tithymalus (Euphorbia). Some species have leaves at the top that go yellow (they look like petals, but they aren't really flowers, they are modified leaves, a bit like the pointsettia). Here are two different species of Euphorbia. It's quite a variable plant:

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"Tree euphorbia" is quite often included in medieval herbals, as are some of the smaller species of Tithymalus.