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  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.
  • A plant of the Polygonaceae family, possibly a Rumex: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Five flowering plants, including bistort (Polygonum bistorta) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Three flowering plants, all types of dock (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Two species of dock (Rumex species): flowering stems with leaf and rhizome. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Five flowering plants, including water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper) and redleg (Polygonum persicaria). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Redleg plant (Polygonum persicaria): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Spanish rhubarb dock (Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate root, leaf, part of stem, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Seaside grape (Coccoloba uvifera): fruiting stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Water pepper plant (Polygonum hydropiper) and two square segments of a gel-like substance. Watercolour.
  • A plant of the Polygonaceae family, possibly a Rumex: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A plant of the Polygonaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Four flowering plants, all types of dock (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A plant, possibly a knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • A plant (Polygonum orientale): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.
  • Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): flowering and fruiting stem with leaf. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • A plant (Oxyria digyna): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Four flowering plants, all types of dock or sorrel (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Two plants, one possibly a knotweed (Polygonum species). Watercolour.
  • A ground-cover plant (Polygonum vacciniifolium): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum): flowering stem with floral segments. Watercolour.
  • Two species of knotweed (Polygonum species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Two species of dock (Rumex species): flowering stems with leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.