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  • Camassia leichtlinii (Baker)S.Watson Hyacinthaceae. Great Camas, Quamash. The species was named for Maximillian Leichtlin (1831-1910 of Baden , Germany, bulb enthusiast who corresponded with J.G. Baker at Kew. Bulbous herb. Distribution: North America. The bulbs of Camassia species were eaten by the Native Americans, the Nez Perce, after cooking by steaming for a day - which suggests they may be poisonous raw. They gave them to the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clerk, on their expedition (1804-1806) when they ran out of food. The bulbs of the similar looking 'Death camus', Toxicoscordion venenosum have been fatal when ingested by mistake (RBG Kew on-line). Steroidal saponins, which are precursors in the manufacture of steroids and cytotoxic activity has been detected in the sap of the bulbs. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Cell division and gene expression in the
  • Sources of carbohydrates and fats for children and adults: bread, butter, cereals, mushrooms and jam. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing over fifty stone, aged 36. Coloured etching.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
  • Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Engraving, 1809.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.
  • Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Daniel Lambert, a very large man. Engraving, 1809.
  • A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing 51 stone. Etching.
  • Daniel Lambert, weighing almost forty stone. Oil painting.
  • Daniel Lambert contrasted with a thin woman seated on his knee. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.
  • Silhouette of the world with a lit candle advertising in the 8th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial event by Mobilization against AIDS on Sunday May 19, 1991 with text relating to participating cities and sponsors. Colour lithograph by Bennett Carlson, 1991.
  • A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
  • A sailor in drag on S.S. Caronia. Photograph, 195-.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady with her maid standing beside a bronze burner, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A mother feeding her baby water: preventing illness in children in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2002.
  • Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia