Compound plants in the VMS ?

[-JKP-]

I don't think of the plants in the herbals of the alchemists as fantasy plants. There is a method to how they are drawn. A fish for a root usually means it's an aquatic plant (or one that grows in swampy land). We know this because they are labeled and the labels usually match the plant (not always, sometimes they are wrongly added later, but most of them match the plant). This makes it possible to see the pattern.

A snake or dragon frequently indicates a toxic plant, or one that is used to treat snake bites. Sometimes the animal relates to the name of the plant, but it's not a mystery, because they are labeled.


In other words, a fish root is frequently a mnemonic, quite a good one. It's easy to recognize.

Over time I've been able to figure out most of the lunaria plants, also. They are stylized, but they do (for the most part) match real plants. I'm sorry I haven't had time to post the information yet. I have so much info, I can't find sufficient time to write it all up.