25 MAY 2011 A discussion of the plant illustrated in folio f9v of the Voynich Manuscript by P. Han [1] Abstract: "The plant in folio f9v in the Voynich Manuscript has been most often compared to the Viola and more specifically "Viola Trinitas/Tricolor" (Petersen, 1931), also known as the "Wild Pansy" or "Heartsease". Morphologically it is the most easily and reliably identified of all the plants in the manuscript, yet there are some issues that the view of many that the plants are either fantastical or images drawn from memory and certainly cannot be considered botanically accurate. I do not agree with this view and suggest the plant on f9v is without doubt a Viola and that it was copied from an actual specimen, though probably not by a botanist." [1] http://www.voynichmanuscript.co.uk/vmcontents.htm