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Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.

Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Dittander (Lepidium latifolium L.): flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Corn Salad (Valerianella olitoria Pollich.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Myrrhis annua: flowering and fruiting stems with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Fame flower (Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Lamb's-lettuce (Valerianella sp.): entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum L.): flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Vine spinach (Basella rubra L.): entire fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Nōy nīkkum kīraikaḷ / Vaittiyac Cittar Kē. Es. Laṭcumaṇaṉ.

Payaṉ miku paccilai maruttuvam / Nīlavaṉ.

Nōy tīrkkum kīraikaḷ / Es. Ē. Cūcairājā.

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Nōy nīkkum kīraikaḷ / Vaittiyac Cittar Kē. Es. Laṭcumaṇaṉ.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Payaṉ miku paccilai maruttuvam / Nīlavaṉ.

Nōy tīrkkum kīraikaḷ / Es. Ē. Cūcairājā.

Myrrhis annua: flowering and fruiting stems with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.