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This scroll was originally authored by Navarre-, First Captain of Kar and was a part of the Karian Notes. We owe Navarre a considerable debt of gratitude for his research and writing on this topic. |
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| brak bush | 5:211 | 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 | 13:347 | a plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi, having tendrils that are sometimes used as a source of drinking water |
| dina | 11:61 | 1.- 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 |
| 8:51 | 2.- a mark burned into the flesh of animals and
slaves to mark them as property; specific brands include
the kef (common kajira brand), Dina, Palm, mark of
Treve, mark of Port Kar, mark of the Tahari, mark of
Torvaldsland etc. | |
| 11:63 | 3.- brand of the dina, a small delicate flower resembling a rose | |
| fan palm | 13:310 | found in the jungles of Schendi, more than 20 feet high, which spreads it's leaves in the form of an opened fan; an excellent source of water; as much as a liter at the base of each leaf's cupped stem. |
| flahdah | 10:72 | a tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans, like that of a palm tree |
| flaminium | 8:154 | a largish scarlet flower having 5 petals |
| ka-la-na | a tree with very strong yellow wood, used for making bows; the fruit of the ka-la-na is used to make ka-la-na wine | |
| kanda | a shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots, while chewing the leaves has an addictive arcotic | |
| kes shrub | 3:45 | a shrub whose salty, blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage |
| leech plant | 2:33 | 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 | 6:141 | an evergreen tree of the Thentis region, whose oil is used in perfumes |
| palm tree | 13:310 | More than 1500 varieties of palm trees exist in the rainforest, one of which is the Fan Palm, more than 20 ft high, and spreads it leaves in the form of a an opened fan, it is an excellent source of pure water, as much as one liter of water being found, almost as though cupped, at the base of each leaf's stem. |
| rence | 6:7 | a tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long thick roots about four inches thick which lies under the surface of the water, with smaller roots that sink down to the mud with stems 15-16 feet long, with a single floral spike, used for making paper - each part of the rence is used for something. |
| rep | 6:10 | 1. a whitish fibrous matter, found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush, used to make rep-cloth | 7:294 | 2. (rep-cloth) rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant; analogous to cotton muslin? |
| sa-tarna | (life-daughter) grain, specifically wheat | |
| sim plant | 3:214 | 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 | 4:218 | delicate, yellow meadow flower, symbolic of feminine love and beauty; a crown of talenders is often worn by a free woman during the Companionship ceremony; worn in a slavegirl's hair, it is a silent plea for her to be raped |
| telekint | 10:83 | a plant of the Tahari; its roots, mashed & mixed with water, provides a red dye |
| tem | 4:15 6:141 |
a tree which produces a black wood that is very strong; ebony? |
| teslik | 18:320 | a plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine |
| tur tree | 4:217 | a reddish tree having a large trunk |
| veminium, desert | 10:50 | 1. small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes | 2. Veminium oil by-product of Veminium petals being boiled in water; a scented oil used in middle to upper-class homes to rinse hands before and after eating | 3. veminium Thentis a bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains; used in perfumes |
| violet grass | Patches of stalky grass, one of several hues used in pleasure gardens of Turia |
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