(30-11-2024, 02:25 PM)bi3mw wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Do you mean this article?
O`Neill. Hugh, 1944, "Botanical Observations on the Vovnich MS," Speculum Vol. 19, January, p. 126
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That can't be all, right? He just says "quite plainly a sunflower" and that's it then. I'm afraid to say that Peter Tentakulus makes a better case than O'Neil & His Botanist Six. I'm not saying it must be a leek, but something like it is objectively a better option: the leaves are sheathing, narrow and with smooth edges. Sunflowers leaves are set on stalks, heart shaped, broad, with serrated edges. Basically all parameters are off. That's why I would have liked to read a deeper analysis by O'Neil apart from "it's clearly a sunflower and my friends agree". These guys were theorists.