MANDRAKE

or Mandragora, a small Soe Som pres meri: mi bee or an. » Of exception: egendary interest. They are stemle plants, with thick tap roots and dark-green wrinkled leaves. M. autumnal is bears pale purple flowers in September, and MM. officinar white or blues flowers in pay. followed by yellow, globose fruit, Both have been supposed to be the M. of Genesis, and the plants were and still are credited with many miraculous properties.