From: David Duffy <davidD@qimr.edu.au>
Subject: (urth) Re: Digest urth.v028.n002
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:21:41 +1000 (EST)

> From: "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey@stic.net>
> 
> [N1] "...twined lupine, purple loosestrife, and white meadow rue." are the
> wildflowers that deck the bowers of Sev and his fellow gods. Lupine (very
> Wolfean) means "voraciousness; inspiration; dejection". Loosestrife
> (lysimachia vulgaris) means "pretension". Lysimachia is Greek for "ending
> ...meaning for rue of "disdain". 

I'm really impressed by this flowery analysis too.  Just for this last
list, maybe the English meanings/puns are also relevant, 
"loosing strife" as well as "ending strife", and "rue".


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