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Lythraceae

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Images

  • Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.
  • A plant (Diplusodon floribundus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Lythrum lineare: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Nine flowering plants, all species of the genus Diplusodon. Coloured lithograph.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • A plant (Cuphea viscosissima) related to the cigar flower: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • A plant (Cuphea longiflora): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1831, after M. Hart.
  • Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
  • A flowering queen-flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa) with five glow-worms (Lampyris species) and a snake (Langaya species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1812.
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Works

  • view Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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    Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27398i
  • view A plant (Cuphea viscosissima) related to the cigar flower: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
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    A plant (Cuphea viscosissima) related to the cigar flower: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1772] | Reference: 17806i
  • view Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.
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    Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15876i
  • view Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870 | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24540i
  • view A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.
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    A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22406i
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