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  • Aconite or monkshood (Aconitum napellus L.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1804, after P. Henderson.
  • A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.
  • A plant (Wurmbea capensis): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • A plant (Ornithoglossum glaucum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.
  • Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum): roots and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Toadflax (Linaria sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by Warner, c.1801, after P.Henderson.
  • Fifteen examples of different types of flower calyx, including five types of pappus. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • 'Aunt Lucy' (Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments and a detailed description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • Large fruited granadilla (Passiflora macrocarpa): flowering stem, flower and outline of fruit. Coloured etching.
  • Autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Fourteen different forms of plant stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Campion (Lychnis sp.): entire male and female flowering plants with their respective floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwell, c.1805, after P.Henderson.
  • Bunchflower (Melanthium virginicum L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Snowdon lily (Lloydia serotina): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Banana plant (Musa species): flowering and fruiting plant with stolons and separate floral segments and sectioned fruit, also a description of the plant's growth, anatomical labels and a scale bar. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1742, after himself.
  • Double and single paeony (Paeonia sp.): flowering stem of the double peony with a separate single paeony flower and floral segments. Engraving by Hopwood, c.1802, after P.Henderson.
  • Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering branch and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.
  • Various leaf forms and flower parts. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.
  • A currant plant (Ribes species): flowering stem with floral segments. Watercolour.
  • Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale): flowering plant, leaves and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • A plant (Haylockia pusilla): flowering plants and floral segments. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1830, after W. Herbert.
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Miller, 1791.
  • Twelve examples of different types of flower pistil. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Thirteen examples of different types and arrangements of flower stamens. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.