Part 83

6. Yew tree, common, Taxus baccata. St. Leonard, sixth century.

7. Furcræa, Furcræa gigantea. St. Willebord, first bishop of Utrecht, 738.

8. Aletris, Cape, Veltheimia. The four crowned Brothers, martyrs, 304.

9. Aletris, glaucous-leafed, Veltheimia glauca. St. John Lateran.

10. Fir, Scotch, Pinus sylvestris. St. Nympha, fifth century.

11. Pine, Weymouth, Pinus strobus. St. Martin, bishop, 397.

12. Aloe, great orange-flowering, Veltheimia, or Aletris uvaria. St. Nilus, 390.

13. Bay, Laurus poetica. St. Homobonus, 1197.

14. Laurel, Portugal, Cerasus Lusitanica. St. Lawrence, bishop of Dublin, 1180.

15. Colt’s foot, sweet-scented, Tussilago fragrans. St. Gertrude, abbess, 1292.

16. Hemp, African bow-string, Sanseviera Guineensis. St. Edmund, archbishop of Canterbury, 1242.

17. Stramony, or Thorn-apple tree, Datura arborea. St. Gregory, Thaumaturgus, bishop, 270.

18. Passion-flower, notch-leafed, Passiflora serratifolia. Dedication of the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.

19. Passion-flower, apple-fruited, Passiflora maliformis. St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1231.

20. Stapelia, red, Stapelia rubra. St. Edmund, king and martyr, 870.

21. Sorrel, wood, Oxalis grandiflora. Presentation of the Virgin Mary.

22. Sorrel, wood, tube-flowered, Oxalis tubiflora. St. Cecilia, martyr, and patroness of music, particularly of sacred music; supposed to be the inventress of the organ, 230.

23. Sorrel, convex, Oxalis convexula. St. Clement, pope, 100.

24. Stapelia, starry, Stapelia radiata. St. John of the Cross, 1591.

25. Butterbur, sweet, Tussilago fragrans. St. Catherine, patroness of spinsters, third century.

26. Sorrel, linear, Oxalis linearis. St. Conrad, bishop of Constance, 976.

27. Sorrel, lupine-leafed, Oxalis lupinifolia. St. Virgil, bishop of Salzburg, 784.

28. Stapelia, variegated, Stapelia variegata. St. Stephen the younger, 764.

29. Sphenogyne, S. piloflora. St. Saturninus, bishop, 257.

30. Sorrel, three-coloured, Oxalis tricolor. St. Sapor, bishop.

DECEMBER.

1. Stapelia, dark, S. pulla. St. Eligius, bishop of Noyon, 659.

2. Geodorum, lemon, Geodorum citrinum. St. Bibiania, 363.