Note 24 — Chapter III · Relations with the Supernatural World
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5. The leaves of the gandasuli (which I have not yet been able to identify, no such name appearing in Ridley’s plant-list, but which I believe to be a water-side plant which I have seen, with a white and powerfully fragrant flower).24 It is considered to be a powerful charm against noxious birth-spirits, such as the Langsuir.