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  • Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. & Planch. Araliaceae False castor oil plant. Distribution: Japan, South Korea. Not even in the same family as the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. An ornamental plant, Fatsia from the Japanese word for 'eight' hachi referring to the eight-lobed leaf. The sap can cause dermatitis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Trifolium rubens L. Leguminosae. [Note the Family Leguminosae is preferred over Family Fabaceae as the former allows all the legumes to be in one Family and not three - one Family being the current consensus among botanists]. Red Feather Clover. Distribution: Europe. The white clover, Trifolium repens, is listed as a treatment for arthritis by Linnaeus (1782). This and Trifolium pratense, Red Clover, are the ones most used for pastures. All the clovers have root nodules which fix nitrogen from the air into the soil so have an important role in ensuring soil fertility. Trifolium rubens has the same nitrogen fixing ability, and is used as an ornamental garden plant where it still acts to improve fertility. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • An orchid (Phaius albus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph.
  • A plant (Watsonia rosea): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five types of ginger lily (Hedychium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven plants, all species of the genus Zephyranthes: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven plants, all species of the genus Watsonia: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Barbados snowdrop (Zephyranthes tubispatha): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five different types of butterfly flower (Schizanthus species): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • Bird-of-paradise plant (Strelitzia reginae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Two sprigs of holly (Ilex species) with leaves only. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Two sprigs of holly (Ilex species) with leaves only. Watercolour.
  • Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Seven types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five types of iris (Iris species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
  • Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Penstemon. Coloured lithograph.
  • An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • An orchid flower. Watercolour.
  • A geranium (Geranium purpureum): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • An ornamental geranium (Geranium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • An orchid (Habenaria species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Oleander or rose-bay (?Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • An orchid (Catasetum bungerothi N.E.Brown): flowering plant. Chromolithograph.
  • Rockrose (Cistus ladanifer L.): flowering stem and separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Phlox. Coloured lithograph.
  • Five flowering bulbous plants, all species of the genus Scilla. Coloured lithograph.
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica Jacq.): fruiting stem and separate flower and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.