In Germany, numerous demons are recognised as dwelling in trees; and, according to Prof. Mannhardt, whole troops of emissaries of the Devil are thought to haunt the fields, and lurk among the crops of Wheat and vegetables. Among the most noticeable of this satanic legion are the _Aprilochse_, a demon infesting the fields in April; _Auesau_, or Sow of the Wheatsheaf, a spirit which lies concealed among the Corn; _Baumesel_, a goblin of the trees; _Erntebock_, a demon which steals part of the Corn during harvest; _Farre_, or the Little Bull, one of a number of spirits infesting the Corn-fields; _Gerstenwolf_, or Barley-wolf, a demon which devours the Barley; _Graswolf_, a spirit haunting pastures; _Habergeiss_, or _Haferbock_, Goat of the Oats; _Halmbock_, a goblin whose hiding-place is among straw or the stems of plants; _Heukatze_ and _Heupudel_, Hay Cat and Pup, demons infesting Hay; _Kartoffelwolf_, or Potato-goblin; _Katzenmann_, or Man-Cat, a monster dwelling amidst Wheat; _Kleesau_, or Sow of the Clover; _Krautesel_, or Ass of the Grass, a spirit especially inimical to Lettuces; _Kornwolf_, _Kornsau_, _Kornstier_, _Kornkuh_, _Kornmutter_, _Kornkind_, and _Kornmaid_, all demons, spirits, and monsters infesting Corn. In some parts of Russia the Devil is invoked through the medium of a herb. On the occasion of a marriage, the peasants put into a bottle of brandy a certain plant called the Herb of the Devil; the bottle is then ornamented with ribbons and coloured tapers, and armed with this present the father of the intended bride pays a visit to the father of the bridegroom, who offers to ransom this bottled Devil by the payment of five kopecks. “No,” says the girl’s father, “Our princess wishes more than that.” So after further bargaining, a price of fifty kopecks is finally agreed upon. In certain parts of Russia the Tobacco-plant is deemed a diabolic plant. In India the Witches’ Herb (_Sinapis racemosa_) is called _Asurî_ (the she-devil). A few plants named after dragons, serpents, or snakes, and many of those which are of a poisonous or noxious nature, must be classed with the plants of the Devil; such as, for example, the Upas, the Manchineel, the Magnolia, the Oleander, that deadly Persian flower, the _Kerzereh_, the fœtid _Stapelia_, the _Phallus impudicus_, the Thief’s Plant of the Franche-Comté Mountains, which opens all doors; that satanic plant, the sap of which gives to Witches the power of riding in the air on a broomstick; and the accursed plant which misleads the traveller, dragging him from one path to another, but always leading him farther and farther away from his goal, until at last he sinks exhausted with fatigue.