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A plant (Borago sp.) related to borage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Borago officinalis (Borage)

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (buglossa, borage) with leaves resembling a bull's ear, and (below) a bull's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

Borage (Borago officinalis L.): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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A plant (Borago sp.) related to borage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Borago officinalis (Borage)

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (buglossa, borage) with leaves resembling a bull's ear, and (below) a bull's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

Borage (Borago officinalis L.): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Borago officinalis (Borage)