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Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

A balsam plant (Impatiens species): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes ... adiectis eorvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus ... Accessit ... uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio ... / [Leonhard Fuchs].

Iac. Cornvti ... Canadensivm planatarvm, aliarúmque nondum editarum historia. Cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicvm Parisiense. Continens indicem plantarum, quae in pagis, siluis, pratis, et montosis iuxta Parisios locis nascuntur / [Jacques Philippe Cornut].

Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

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

A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

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Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

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

A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.