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  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis): flowering plant with roots. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A palm tree (Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.) H. Wendl.), with aerial roots. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.
  • Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.
  • Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.): flowering plant with separate fruit, seed and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Wood avens (Geum urbanum): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Senega root plant (Polygala senega): flowering stem, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • A root vegetable, possibly a turnip or swede (Brassica species). Watercolour.
  • Wood avens (Geum urbanum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A clump of mushrooms and two Chinese artichokes (Stachys affinis). Watercolour.
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Peruvian rhatany (Krameria triandra): flowering and fruiting plant with roots and fruit segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum): roots and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.
  • Two water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis) and a root of Shan kui. Watercolour.
  • Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.
  • Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.