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  • Moneywort or creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia L.): flowering stem with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Arabian coffee tree (Coffea arabica): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Six British wild flowers, four types of bedstraw (Galium species), squinancywort (Asperula cynanchica) and levant (Rubia peregrina). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Four Egyptian plants in a landscape, including purging cassia, French jujube or Chinese date, and a taro species. Line engraving, c. 1676.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Grangea maderaspatrana (L.) Poiret: entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Salvia indica L.) related to sage: two sections of a flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum L.): entire flowering plant with separate enlarged flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
  • Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Mistletoe (Viscum album): fruiting stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Angelica (Angelica aquatica): leaf, inflorescence, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Levant or wild madder plant (Rubia peregrina) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Hemlock (Conium maculatum): flowering plants growing by a river. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum officinale L.): flowering stem with floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A fruiting coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • Two flowering plants: burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) and lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, examining a urine flask and surrounded by medical paraphernalia. Engraving by P. Galle (?).
  • Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria sp.): entire flowering plant with separate sections of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Flowering stems of the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctorum) and coffee plant (Coffea arabica). Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.