Brak Bush:
A shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed;
traditionally, branches of it are nailed to house doors during
the Waiting Hand to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house
for the New Year.
Brak Bush:
A shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed;
traditionally, branches of it are nailed to house doors during
the Waiting Hand to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house
for the New Year.
Carpet Plant:
A plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi, having tendrils
that are sometimes used as a source of drinking water.
Desert Veminium:
A small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes.
Dina:
A small, short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides; sometimes
called the 'slave flower', it is often used as a design for
slave brands; sometimes used as a slave name.
Flahdah:
A tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans,
like that of a palm tree.
Flaminium:
A largish scarlet flower having 5 petals.
Kalana:
A tree with very strong yellow wood, used for making bows.
Kanda:
A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from
its roots, while chewing the leaves has an addictive
narcotic effect.
Kes:
A shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in
sullage.
Leech Plant:
A hemovorous plant that fastens two hollow, fang-like thorns into
its victim, through which it can suck the blood that
nourishes it.
Liana Vine:
A rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water.
Needle Tree:
A tree of the Thentis region, whose oil is used in perfumes.
Rence:
A tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; used for
making paper.
Sim Plant:
A rambling, tangled vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves,
raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest.
Sip Root:
A bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine.
Talender:
A delicate, yellow-petaled meadow flower, symbolic of feminine love
and beauty; a crown of talendars is often worn by
a free woman during the Companionship ceremoney; worn in a
slavegirl's hair, it is a silent plea for her to be raped.
Telekint:
A plant of the Tahari; its roots, mashed & mixed with water,
provide a red dye.
Tem:
A tree which produces a black wood that is very strong; ebony?
Teslik:
A plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine.
Tur:
A reddish tree having a large trunk.
Veminium:
A bluish wildflower com- monly found on the lower ranges of the
Thentis mountains; used in perfumes.