A Dominican friar and bishop, the teacher of Thomas Aquinas, and the greatest naturalist of the thirteenth century, author of books on plants, animals, and minerals.
5 Entries in the Materia Medica
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- Castor-oil plant, seeds ofRicinus communis; Canale gives mirasole as its local name.
- Fly agaricThe red, white-spotted toadstool of fairy tales, of birch and pine woods.
- HenbaneHyoscyamus niger, of the nightshade family.
- Mallow and marshmallowMalva sylvestris and Althaea officinalis.
- PeriwinkleVinca minor, the lesser periwinkle, a trailing evergreen with blue flowers.