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Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering plant. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Aconite or monkshood (Aconitum napellus L.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1804, after P. Henderson.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Monkshood (Aconitum napellus. Family: Ranunculaceae) : Dindevan.

Helmet flower (Aconitum anthora L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching.

On the distinctive characters of the roots of aconitum napellus (monkshood) and cochlearia armoracia (horse-radish) / by Robert Bentley.

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On the distinctive characters of the roots of aconitum napellus (monkshood) and cochlearia armoracia (horse-radish) / by Robert Bentley.

Helmet flower (Aconitum anthora L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Ten flowering plants, including two orchids and an Hibiscus species. Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.

Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.

Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching.