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  • Four British wild flowers, including whitlow grass (Erophila species) and scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Long-stalked cranesbill (Geranium columbinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Four British wild flowers, including marsh and purple helleborines (Epipactis species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Common mallow (Malva sylvestris): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • Quaking grass (Briza media): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.
  • Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Angular Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum odoratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • A broomrape plant (Orobanche minor) with an associated beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Two species of hawk's beard plant (Crepis species): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Four plant stems with catkins, all from named types of willow (Salix species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Wall rocket (Diplotaxis muralis): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1802.
  • Stonecrop (Sedum glaucum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1812.
  • A saltbush plant (Atriplex portulacoides): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga hirculus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1802.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe peucedanifolia): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Two species of dock (Rumex species): flowering stems with leaf and rhizome. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Charlock (Sinapis arvensis): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.
  • Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
  • Five flowering plants, including water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper) and redleg (Polygonum persicaria). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A blessed thistle (Cnicus palustris) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and sandleek (Allium scorodoprasum): flowerheads. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.