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Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Oxalis. Coloured lithograph.

Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.

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

Seven plants, including two orchids and a coral tree: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

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

Seven plants, including a lupin and peach: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis acetosella) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Six British wild flowers, four types of flax (Linum species) and two wood sorrel (Oxalis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

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Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.

Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Oxalis. Coloured lithograph.

Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Oxalis. Coloured lithograph.

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

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