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Medicinal plants

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Images

  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Toadflax (Linaria arvensis): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.
  • Foxglove (Digitalis fuscescens): two sections of the flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
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Works

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    Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 23824i
  • view Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
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    Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18117i
  • view Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
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    Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18104i
  • view Campion (Silene catholica): two sections of flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
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    Campion (Silene catholica): two sections of flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17643i
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    Pukaḻ peṟṟa mūlikaikaḷ / āciriyar Mūlikai maṉṉar, Tiṉamaṇi pukaḻ Vēlūr maruttuvar Ā. Irā. Kaṇṇappar.

    Kaṇṇappar, Ā. Irā. | Date: 1972
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