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  • Brooklime or beccabunga (Veronica beccabunga L.): flowering stem with roots. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Five flowering plants, including milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) and sea heath (Frankenia laevis). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Two aquatic plants, one a water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): flowering stems and leaves in water. Watercolour.
  • Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): entire flowering plant with floating leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Seven aquatic flowering plants, all types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A lakeside scene with waterlilies flowering in the water and a tortoise on the bank. Watercolour.
  • Aquatic algae with a water beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Four flowering plants, including watercress (Nasturtium officinale). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum): flowering stems rising from water with separate infloresence. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) on a lake bordered by two Guianan men and plants. Coloured lithographic reproduction of an engraving by M. Gauci, c. 1814, after C. Bentley.
  • A spreading pillwort plant (Pilularia species) with details of its sporocarp. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.
  • A spiked rush (Juncus spicatus) and millipede (Iulus species) with anatomical detail. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
  • Water fennel (Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poiret): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Water plantain (Alisma flava): base of flowering stem with root and separate infructescence and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus L.): clump of reeds in water. Aquatint, 1823.