The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 10v. Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), is small alpine plant with a slender stems with opposite, evergreen oval leaves (plant 10v has very long leaves). The flowers are paired, pendulous, and pale pink with a five-lobed corolla. This was the favorite flower of Linnaeus. It was named after him and he took the flower as his personal symbol when he was raised to the Swedish nobility in 1757. (C)