The Voynich Botanical Plants
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Folio 52v. Heliotrope (Heliopropium). These plants turn their rows of flower heads with the sun. Porta in Phytognomonica classified heliotropes with a scorpion because its curved flower spike resembled a scorpions tail. (A)
(A) Drawings that are probably copies of illustrations found in other herbals