PLANTS OF THE DEVIL. -- Puck’s Plant -- Pixie-stools -- Loki’s Plants -- The Trolls and the Globe-flower -- Accursed and Unlucky Plants -- Plants connected with the Black Art -- Plant-haunting Demons -- The Devil and Fruit Trees -- Tree Demons on St. John’s Eve -- Demons of the Woods and Fields -- The Herb of the Devil -- Poisonous and Noxious Plants -- Ill-omened Plants -- The Devil’s Key -- Plants Inimical to the Devil -- The Devil-Chaser -- The Deadly Upas -- The Manchineel -- The Oleander -- The Jatropha Urens -- The Lotos -- The Elder -- The Phallus Impudicus -- The Carrion Flower -- The Antchar -- The Loco or Rattle Weed -- The Aquapura -- Deadly Trees of Hispaniola and New Andalusia -- Poisonous Plants 82 CHAPTER IX. PLANTS OF THE WITCHES. -- The Herbs of Hecate, Circe, and Medea -- Witch Powder -- Witches and Elders -- Sylvan Haunts of Witches -- Witches’ Plant-steeds -- Witches’ Soporifics -- The Nightmare Flower -- Plants used in Spells -- Potions, Philtres, and Hell-broths -- The Hag Taper -- Witch Ointment -- The Witches’ Bath -- Foreign Witches and their Plants -- Plants used for Charms and Spells -- Witches’ Prescriptions -- Herbs of Witchcraft -- Plants Antagonistic to Witches 91 CHAPTER X. MAGICAL PLANTS. -- Plants producing Ecstasies and Visions -- Soma -- Laurel -- The Druids and Mistletoe -- Prophetic Oaks -- Dream Plants -- Plants producing Love and Sympathy -- The Sorcerer’s Violet -- Plants used for Love Divination -- Concordia -- Discordia -- The Calumny Destroyer -- The Grief Charmer -- The Sallow, Sacred Basil, Eugenia, Onion, Bay, Juniper, Peony, Hypericum, Rowan, Elder, Thorn, Hazel, Holly -- The Mystic Fern-seed -- Four-leaved Clover -- The Mandrake, or Sorcerer’s Root -- The Metal Melter -- The Misleading Plant -- Herb of Oblivion -- Lotos Tree -- King Solomon’s Magical Herb Baharas -- The Nyctilopa and Springwort -- Plants influencing Thunder and Lightning -- The Selago, or Druid’s Golden Herb -- Gold-producing Plants -- Plants which disclose Treasures -- The Luck Flower -- The Key-Flower -- Sesame -- The Herb that Opens -- The Moonwort, or Lunary -- The Sferracavallo -- Magic Wands and Divining Rods -- Moses’ Rod 105 CHAPTER XI.