Table 1 Plants used in graveyards – aromatic plants.

Three-Lobed Sage – Salvia fruticosa Miller (=S. triloba L.f) (Lamiaceae)

93.1 (68.9*)

S. officinalis (Europe [20, I:666]; England; [14:102])

Rosemary – Rosemarinus officinalis L.** (Lamiaceae)

62.0 (10.3*)

Iraq and Iran (the Christian section of the Mandanean [17:183])

Ancient times [20; II:645–647]; Europe [2:168; 4:196], England [15:428,438; 56:138; 60:144; 61:150–151]; Cyprus [5:184,187,188]

Basil – Ocimum basilicum L. **^ (Lamiaceae)

65.5

Iran [51:191; 28:157]; Egypt [23:95]

Italy and Greece [20;II:54,]; India, (O. sanctum) [26:17–18; 62:22;])

Mint – Mentha spp.** (Lamiaceae)

50.0

Ancient Egypt [22:214–215; 63:120]; Ancient Minoan [64:6]; Ancient Greece [20;II:366; 65:121; 66:518; 67:XIX]

Myrtle – Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae)

37.9

Lybia [23:319]; Turkey [68:187; 69:62]; Syria [12:131]

Ancient Greece [ 4:194; 21:54; 58:14,82f; 65:49; 70:12,123ff; 71:8,94f, 426; 72: passim; 73:15,33; 74:tab 154; 75:18]; Rome [2:167; 4:465,476,487; 20;I:442; 21:54; 37:144; 76:49; 77:30]; Spain (Muslims,15^th century, [78:39]); England (16–17^th centuries, [14:102])

Rue – Ruta chalepensis L. (Rutaceae)

34.4

Spain [66:241]; England [5:184; 11:102]

Lemon verbena – Lippia citroiodora (Ort.) HBK ** (Verbenaceae)

31.0

Rose – Scented Geranium – Pelargonium graveolens (L.) L'Her ex Ait. ** (Geraniaceae)

31.0 (7.5*)

White-Leaved Savory – Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce (Lamiaceae)

27.5

Lavender – Lavandula spp.** (Lamiaceae)

20.6

Tagetes – Tagetes sp. **^ (Asteraceae)

20.6

Wormwood – Artemisia arborescens L.* (Asteraceae)

17.2

England [5:184–185]

Jasmine – Jasminum sp.** (Oleaceae)

17.2

Lybia [4:191]

Spain (Muslims,15th century, [78:39])

Thyme – leaved Savory Satureja thymbra L. (Lamiaceae)

6.8