This page contains details
of many flowers found in Britannia, along with unclassifiable
shrubs and other plants that do not come under the tree or
herb heading.
 Cotton
The fluffy seed fibres produced by the flowering part of
the cotton plant, are often gathered and spun into yarn
for making cloth. There are many areas of Britannia devoted
to growing this crop - and many adventurers often collect
bundles of the fluffy produce to sell to tailors.
 Flax
Linum usitatissimum
Flax is sometimes known as Linseed, the oil of
which is used medicinally, though Flax is more commonly
known and harvested for its fibrous qualities. The Flax
fibre is usually extracted from the plant by pulverising
the stems to remove the fibrous threads. The fibres are
then usually waxed and rolled together to form thick cords,
that can be used as string. The finer fibres are more often
used in the production of linen, the very tightly woven
fabric being of high quality and is frequently used for
bedsheets. The quality and time it takes to make linen causes
it to be rather expensive.
Linseed oil, which is quite often used to oil wooden tools
and furniture (to preserve and strengthen the wood, as well
as colour it) has a not so common medicinal use. Poultices
of the crushed, ripe seed are traditionally made for drawing
boils and inflammations, while linseed tea is a soothing
and healing remedy for chest and lung infecctions. The seed
also makes an effective bulk laxative. The light yellow
oil obtained from flax seeds, was formerly taken to ease
the passage of gallstones through the body but is no longer
used medicinally.
Hay
Usually used as animal feed, hay is the stalk of grasses
that are cut when green then allowed to dry. Sometimes corn
stalks are used, though the produce of corn stalks is more
commonly known as straw.
Some hay fields in Britannia are not so well guarded, and
anyone with enough muscle, or a pack horse, can simply walk
away with several hay sheaves.
 Hops
Humulus lupulus
Hops are often found growing in the wild, but are more
often cultivated for the fruit, which resembles a fir cone.
The fruit is often fermented to produce ale. Hops are vine
plants, and always twine around their supporting structures
in a clockwise direction. The leaves are three-lobed, very
similar to those of the grapevine.
 Wheat
Cereal grass of the Gramineae (Poaceae) family and
of the genus Triticum and its edible grain, one of
the oldest and most important of the cereal crops. It is
often used in the making of bread.
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