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Spines (Botany)

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  • Four types of spurge (Euphorbia species): two succulent stems and two low-growing plants. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Two spiny plants (Solanum sisymbrifolium): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
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    Four types of spurge (Euphorbia species): two succulent stems and two low-growing plants. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 24 August 1805 | Reference: 25495i
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    Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa): fruiting stem. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21084i
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    Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

    | Date: [c. 1850] | Reference: 28481i
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    Two spiny plants (Solanum sisymbrifolium): flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 27245i
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    Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    Naudin, Philibert, active 1870. | Date: [1865] | Reference: 24668i
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