#melittis

[seriousbiscuits]

Searching through an A-Z of Latin plant names for current manuscript/ fantasy novel. I like both the name and headline here. So who is Melittis? A girl spy? A thief? A conjuror of miraculous things? No, she's just a friend of Abelia who plays the Obo, third from centre stage. Which must mean she's pretty decent. In fact she plays the balm right out of it. www.seriousbiscuits.com #Bookstagram #Author #SeriousBiscuits #Booknerd #WritersOfInstagram #TheMeifodClaw #TheBrineInMe #Latin #AddictedToReading #Author #FantasyFictionAddiction #Melittis #TheSpyTheThiefTheObo #Naming #Blogger

[oakapples]

Bastard-balm, Melittis melissophyllum. One instance where I think it is quite permissible to describe the English name as 'vulgar', particularly given the euphony of this plant's Latin binomial.