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  • Rest-harrow (Ononis repens): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Kidney-vetch plant (Anthyllis vulneraria) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Two plants, Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and gorse (Ulex europaeus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Four ornamental greenhouse flowers, including coral bush (Templetonia retusa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1848.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
  • Rest-harrow plant (Ononis arvensis) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Goat's thorn (Astragalus): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Chorizema ilicifolia Labill.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • A flowering tree branch, possibly a Caesalpinia species. Watercolour.
  • Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Three flowering plants: two mariposa lilies (Calochortus species) and a lupin (Lupinus nanus). Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a primrose and a rhododendron: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Vetch plant (Vicia sativa) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.
  • Medick or burweed (Medicago prostrata Jacq.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A plant (Galega flavescens): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Watercolour.
  • Glory pea (Clianthus puniceus): flowers and leaves. Watercolour drawing.
  • Yellow melilot (Melilotus officinalis): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a lupin: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Two plants: spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and broom (Genista species). Woodcut.
  • A bunch of flowering sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus var.). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a cardoon: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • A fruiting stem of Colutea orientalis, a flowering Lunaria fruticosa, a flowering Jacobæa ægyptiaca and a fruiting stem of Astragalus orientalis. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Tangier pea (Lathyrus tingitanus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate mature fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.