MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 37 
SHAKESPEAREAN 
NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME REFERENCE 
Mustard. oy neo 03 Brassica nigra........4. Taming of the Shrew, iv. 3. 
che et ee es Myrtus communis....... Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 
Mele oe enn Ortercis eps ct ees The Tempest, i. 2. 
Onis) te Avena sativa..... eee King Lear, v. 3. 
WHVG oss ee Olea europaea.......... Timon of Athens, v. 5. 
I Sass Ses Alliim:. Cepa ... ss s Midsummer Night’s Dream, iv. 2. 
Orange... eer as Citrus Aurantium ...... Much Ado About Nothing, ii. 1. 
PRI as bey on ve ba Primula. elatior......... Winter’s Tale, iv. 3. 
Palm tree ........ \ Nake o dactylifera --} as You Like It, iii. 2. 
alix Caprea......... 
PONY ey ok Vion Ti0olot hoe ee Hamlet, iv. 5. 
iene) MERE ae eee Carum Petroselinum ....Taming of the Shrew, iv. 4. 
yt Ae Ae ae er Prunus Persica.......... Second Henry IV, ii. 2. 
PORE a ts Pyrus communis........ Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 5. 
Pea ee es Pisum sativum...... .+-The Tempest, iv. 1. 
Pepper: i555 beh cia cs Piper nigrum «os. First Henry IV, iii. 1 
Pee Pius sylvestris ........ Troilus and Cressida, i. 3. 
Sgt ay cre OM Saget DOMES BIS ek Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4. 
PAONS 5 iS a ie, Paeonia corallina....... The Tempest, iv. 1. 
Plum, damson, prune. Prunus communis (?)...King John, ii. 1. 
Pomegranate ........ Punica Granatum....... All’s Well That Ends Well, ii. 3. 
POppye a. aces Papaver somniferum .... .Othello, iii. 3. 
POUND 6a. eta Solanum tuberosum..... Troilus and Cressida, v. 2. 
erarose . 5.) Primula veris .......... Cymbeline, i. 6. 
rinsing Cucurbita Pepo......... Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 3. 
Quilices so. Pyrus Cydonia ..:...... Romeo and Juliet, iv. 4. 
Mndiake ios. Sn Raphanus sativus....... Second Henry IV, iii. 2. 
Raisin 47. Vitis (Muscatel) sp.....Winter’s Tale, iv. 2. 
BOGGS ke Arundo Phragmites..... Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 7. 
UDO sco es Rheum 0b 235 bees Macbeth, v. 3. 
Rite 2 Oryza sativa ........:.- Winter’s Tale, iv. 2. 
ROBO oc oi ee ses ROSG BP. 2 oo ete Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 1. 
MOSOMATY 4065.84 Rosmarinus sp, ........ Pericles, iv. 6. 
RUG Fos eos Ruta graweolens ........ Richard IT, iii. 4. 
Bush ois ace ss Acorus Calamus........ As You Like it, iii. 2. 
RYO ii ras re oe Secale cereale .......... The Tempest, iv. 1. 
adrOn ey ic ce Crocus satwus ......... Comedy of Errors, iv. 4. 
AVOEV cc faces. on Satureta sp. (2). ...-. Winter’s Tale, iv. 3. 
Strawberry ......-.- Fragaria vesca ......... Othello, iii. 3. : a 
PUPA. 20 oe, Sorghum vulgare ....... Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. 2. 
BVCRRIONG fic) <0 so Platanus orientalis...... Romeo and Juliet, i. 1. 
PUHIBOIE Sig ccs Cards: 60.5 ois en ces Henry V, v. 2. 
NOL ay oc ee Crataegus Oxycantha....The Tempest, iv. 1. 
THOME 26 55.54 Thymus vulgaris........ Othello, 1. 3. 
Carat oe Brassica Rapa.......... Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. . 
Neotel 6.4 coc vas Vicia sativa....... aeece The Tempest, iv. 1. 
SIMA ops ces eo ees Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 7. 
WENGE lees Viole 60. 25 i oes Cymbeline, i. 6. 
WING oi kv cece Juglans regia .......... Taming of the Shrew, iv. 3. 
WHERE oho es Hordeum vulgare....... Merchant of Me iene ‘1. 
WiLOW nay ass os Saliw Caprea........... Twelfth Night, i. 5. 
Wormwood. 236.35 Artemisia sp. ......+.+. ..Love’s Labours Lost, v. 2. 
WOW re ae cee Buwus sempervirens..... Romeo and Juliet, v. 3. 
