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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.

A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

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

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.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

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

A plant (Ammannia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.