the Eleven

The Eleven is a term used in the mathic world for a designated group of especially proscribed plants. When one of these is found in the herb beds, the procedure is to burn it on sight and enter the occurrence in the Chronicle. By contrast, plants not among the Eleven but also not on the permitted list may be removed without that immediate, formal response.

First mention and context

The Eleven is first referenced during routine work in a math’s cloister garden, in contrast to the “One Hundred and Sixty-four,” a list of plants allowed to be cultivated under the current Book of Discipline. In this exchange, a plant (slashberry) is noted as not belonging to the Eleven, clarifying that the special burn‑on‑sight rule does not apply to it.

Role and practice

• Marks a short list of plants treated with special urgency.
• Encountered specimens are burned immediately and the instance is written into the Chronicle.
• Serves as a counterpart to the larger roster of permitted species (the “One Hundred and Sixty‑four”).

Relationships and administration

• Enforced in and around the gardens within a math, carried out by avout assigned to such duties.
• Tied to horticultural guidance in the Book of Discipline; the exact species making up the Eleven have not yet been enumerated in‑text.

Notes

• Slashberry is explicitly said not to be one of the Eleven.

Status

Recognized within maths as an ongoing horticultural safeguard; specific members of the Eleven have not yet been listed in the narrative to date.