1. ROMAN HSPANIA
The Roman inheritance:
The use of Latin in the scientific name of plants.
Pisum sativum
Triticum aestivum
Citrus sinensis
Linum usitatissimum
Juglans regia
Castanea sativa
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2. We won´t search the names of all the
plants…
 We take this chance to read the work of La dama
del Alba, by our countryman Alejandro casona
 We take notice of the aforementioned plants.
 We write down the Act, the page, the name of the
character and the phrase.
 We look for the scientific name of these plants.
 we get informed about other aspects of each plant.
 we showe it in panels and multimedia format
 We make the test (slides 42-47)
 We note down the sources.

3. We use the deluxe
edition commemorating
the centenary of the
birth of the author
Alejandro Casona,
La Dama del Alba,
Centenary edition,
Hércules Astur de Ediciones,
Oviedo, 2003.

4. The illustrations in this
carefully edited copy show the
importance of nature in the
work of alejandro Casona

7. WALNUT TREE
Juglans regia
Rustic walnut furniture and
an old clock
First Act, p. 51.
MARTÍN (Rough) – Then, it
could be to prune the walnut
tree or to yoke the oxen. Do
I have to remember how it
was?
Third Act, p. 100.

8. Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Grandfather (cutting bread) – The loaf is still hot.
It smells to florished broom.
TELVA.- Broom and dried vine shoot; There´s
nothing best to heat the oven. And what do you
think of this golden colour? It´s is the last wheat
of the place.
First Act pp. 51y 52.
2nd SANJUANERA.- On the contrary,
the genista sparks and squirms at the
stake like a green witch.
Third Act, p. 123.

9. Grapevine
Vitis vinifera
TELVA.- (…) But he always brought
me the first cluster of the vine
First Act, p. 56.
MADRE.- Even the grapevines. The
evening is beautiful and the fields
smell of summer.
TELVA.- ¿Did you come to the
town?
MADRE.- Yes I did. ¡And it is so
unfamiliar! The grapevine of the
forge reaches the corridor; In the
orchard there are new trees
Third Act, p. 101.

10. Wheat
Triticum aestivum
Mother.-Itis not the same. Your dear ones
are underground, where the grass grows and
the wheat ears too
First Act, p. 56.
ANDRÉS.- (…) She is joung, She has her hair
as the wheat and white hands like a real
lady.
First Act, p. 61.
ADELA (Collecting her needlework,
thoughtfull) – When she looks at the
wheatfields she is not that way.
Third Act, p.100.

11. Maíze - Zea mays
TELVA.- (…) ¿Didn´t you
want to make a corn cake?
First Act, p.53.
PILGRIM.- There was once a
little town with cows like
honey and fields full of apple
trees with white flowers
between corn fields.
Third act, p. 118.
MARTÍN.- In the fountain,
the water flower, and in the
corn, the red ear.
Third Act, p. 140

12. Higuera
Ficus carica
TELVA.- and at the
bottom, a fig tree
leave to avoid the
embers sticking
First Act, p.53.
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13. FIG TREE
Ficus carica
FALÍN.- The other day I
threw one to the priest´s
fig tree and everybody
scoldedme.
ADELA.- The
Acto tercero, p. 97
ANGÉLICA.figs must have
been unriped
- I still see him asleep in
my arms with that little
smile in his lips like two
honey drops on the riped
figs
Third Act, p. 138.

14. Rosebush
Rosa canina
The mill boy enters the farmyard smiling with a rose
which places under his ear
First Act, p. 54.
PILGRIM.- I would also like to adorn myself with roses
like peasant women, living among happy children han
have a handsome man to love. But when I go to cut
roses all the garden gets frozen.
Second Act, p 83.
ADELA.- The queen, very jealous ordered to kill them
both. From her a white rose was born; from him a
hawthorn. And the branches were growing up till they
joined together…
Third Act, p. 95
MOTHER.- Even The houses seem whiter. And on the path
to the mill whild roses have grown.
Third Act, p. 101.
(The pilgrim, alone, looks with melancholy at the crown of roses (…) she drops the
mirror, she takes off the roses and she begins to take off the leaves)
Third Act, p. 133.
PILGRIM.- (She puts a crown of roses on her hair)
Third Act, p. 138.
QUICO.- Respected by four years of water, crowned with roses
Third Act, p.143

15. OAK TREE
Quercus robur
TELVA.- Like an oak. It
would have been hard to
plunge an ax, but it
flourished every year
First act, p. 56.
QUICO.- Do you like the
bouquet? Oal, holly tree
and laurel
Third Act, p. 102.

16. Oak tree
Quercus robur
2º BOY.- And those of
the mine uprooted the
oak with all its roots
Third act, p.122.
PILGRIM.- a moment of
courage, and your
memory will be rooted in
the village like an oak
full of nests. Shall we
go?
Third Act, p. 138.

17. Saffron
Crocus sativus
MARTÍN.- (…) Eight thin
hoofed young bulls with
forehead of saffron to be
the show of the fair.
First Act, p. 58.

18. Peas
Pisum sativum
Telva saves tablecloths and
carries the pottery to the
kitchen, returning later with a
basket of peas.
First Act, p. 58.
TELVA.- ¿do you want to help
me to shell the peas?
First Act, p. 59.
Telva, who has finished to shell
her peas takes her knitting
work.
First Act, p. 64.

19. Chestnut Tree
Castanea sativa
PILGRIM.- The river current is near the big
chestnut tree, isn´t it?
First Act, p. 65.
PILGRIM.- The handsomest horseman around these
mountains (…) next to the chestnut tree(…)
GRANDFATHER (Triumphantl) – The big oak is only
half mile away He will have surely passed by!
Second Act p. 81.
2nd SANJUANERA.- The city mayor wants to prune
all the chestnut lands
Third Act, p. 122.
ANGÉLICA.- Hidden away in the chestnut fields we
saw him ridding, with his gun to the back and
death in his eyes
Third Act, pp. 136-137.

20. Oranje Tree
Citrus sinensis
DORINA.- In the mountain,
an orange tree…
FALÍN.- In the orange tree a
branch…
ANDRÉS.- and on the
branch four nests…two
golden ones and two silver
ones…
First Act, p. 72.

21. Flax
Linum usitatissimum
TELVA (without leaving her
work) - ¡What a pity of
aman! He seemed a
Cristobalón with his crook
and his beards of tow; but
when he played the pipe,
the birds rested on his
shoulders.
Second act, p.78

22. Mistletoe
Viscum álbum
GRANDFATHER.- (…) As
beautiful as you want to look
like I know you are the weed
in the wheat and the
mistletoe on the tree.
Second Act, p. 82.

23. Apple Tree
Malus domestica
ADELA.- At night the
sheets smelled of
apples and the
windows were filled
with stars
Second Act, p.86

24. Rye
Secale cereale
ADELA.- ¿And when not? The
grass is getting rotten because
of the damp in the shed, the
part of grain is eaten by mice
and the barn is not fluff yet
Third Act, p. 93

25. Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
ADELA.- No. The queen, very
jealous, ordered to kill them
both. From her, a white rose
was born; from him, a
hawthorn. And the branches
grew up till they joined
together…
Third Act, p. 95
.

26. Hazelnut tree
Corilus avellana
TELVA.- What a
relief. There was only
left to bite the hand
that heals you
(Martín leaves) ¡What
a pity of hazelnut
stick!
Third Act, p. 100

27. Ash Tree
Frascinus excelsior
MADRE.- There is no
better timber for the
blades of the wheels
than the ash tree
wood
Third Act p. 102.

28. Holly Tree
Ilex aquilolium
QUICO.- ¿Do you
like the bouquet?
Oak, holly and
laurel.
Third Act, p. 102.

29. Laurel
Laurus nobilis
QUICO.- ¿Do you like the
bouquet? Oak, holly and
laurel.
Third Act, p. 102.
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30. Moss
Bryophyta sensu stricto
PILGRIM.- She was like
sleepy, in a misty dream,
walking her floating hairs
around the gardens full of
moss and the slowly
tenderness of her
weightless hands.
Third Act, p. 119.

31. Vine Shoot
Vitis vinifera
1st BOY .- Little less.
The heiress gave us
two cartloads with
dried vine shoot.
Third Act, p. 122.

32. Gorse
Calicotome spinosa
TELVA.- In the yard there is
a cartload of gorse and a
couple of good oxen waiting
for the yoke. Keep them
company Quico.
2nd SANJUANERA- The gorse
is the one who makes better
fire: It gives a red flame and
it sounds like a pair of
castanets when they burn.
Third Act, p. 123.

33. Heather
Calluna vulgaris
3rd SANJUANERA.- I
prefer the heather
with its purple
bellflowers burns
more quietly and it
smells to summer
naps
Third Act, p. 123.

34. Hazelnut Trees
Corylus avellana
MARTÍN.- From hawthorn
and cherry. Those who see
the bouquet will know who
has put them there, and
what that white colour
means.
Third Act, p. 126.

35. Sloe
Prunus spinosa
MARTÍN.- From hawthorn
and cherry. Those who see
the bouquet will know who
has put them there, and
what that white colour
means.
Third Act, p. 126.

36. Geranium
Geranium …..
ANGÉLICA.- It was me
who planted these
geranium on the
window
Third Act, p. 135.

37. Clover
Trifolium …
1st SANJUANERA.-
¡The four leaves
clover!
Third Act, p. 140.

38. Marshmallow
Althaea officinalis
TELVA.- Bah, marshmallow
blood. They seem to be
eating the world, but when
the tambourine chimes, they
don´t have breath enough
nor can shake the apron to
the music."Woe to my days!”
Third Act, p. 142.

39. Morello cherry Tree
Prunus cerasus
MOTHER.- There is left
in the cupboard cherry
brandy for the women.
Third Act, p. 142.

41. EVALUATION
Check at random on five slides that
the appointment of the pages is well.

42. EVALUATION
CHECK AT RANDOM ON FIVE SLIDES
THAT THE SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF THE
PLANTS ARE RIGHT

43. Complete the phrase with one of the words
making clic on the right square
TELVA.- And under a _fig tree leaf_____
not to stick the embers
Acto primero, p.53.
Nogal Fig tree Vid

44. Ficus carica es: The fig tree
The broom
The hazelnut
tree

45. Crocus sativus es ….
The oak
The
geranium
The saffron

46. Señal cuál de las siguientes es la más
citada y lee los textos:
Fig tree
Ficus carica
Vine
Vitis vinifera Rose tree
Rosa canina

47. -The literary texts are by Alejandro Casona, from La Dama
del Alba, Centenario edition, Editions Hércules Astur,
Oviedo, 2003.
the posters have been created by the students od Natural
sciences of Cangas del Narcea High School, as cited in the
explanation of the activity.
- The pictures were taken from Internet:
/www.agronomia.uchile.cl
http://www.floravascular.com;
classicnatureprints.com;,corsarionegro.wordpress.com;jardineriamu
erdago.blogspot.com;lanaturaleza.es;sobre el muérdago:
http://irlandairlanda.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tradiciones-celtas-
la-magia-del-muerdago/Árgoma: basozaina.com Brezo:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/ulados/brezo.html (11-05-2012)
- The power point, Word and the adaptation of the activity to
the proyect “Knowing and understanding the Roman
Hispania” has been made from the ARCE coordination
organized by the MEC, At Cangas del Narcea secondary
School.
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