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  • Zerumbet Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.): flowering stem with rhizome and separate leaf, inflorescence and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.
  • Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A palm tree (Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. Wendl.) in Guyana, with aerial roots. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.
  • Two water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis) and a root of Shan kui. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A flowering plant stem,, a bunch of yellow fruit and a seedling with tap root. Watercolour.
  • Wood avens (Geum urbanum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.