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  • Actinomyces, spore chain and buds, SEM.
  • A plant with two children growing out of the buds., woodcut,
  • Clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum): stem with flower buds. Watercolour, c.1833.
  • Two varieties of pinks (Dianthus cultivars): flowers and buds. Coloured etching by D. Hayes, c. 1844.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an expanded flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an opening flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • A woman holding a flower to her face and a vase with flower buds in her left hand, to her right is a peacock; representing the month May. Engraving.
  • Developing limb bud
  • Tongue, ?taste bud. SEM
  • SEM Taste bud, close-up
  • Tongue, including taste bud. SEM
  • Tongue, including taste bud. SEM
  • Tongue, squames, taste bud. SEM
  • Tongue, including taste bud. SEM
  • Tongue, including taste bud. SEM
  • Cell death in limb bud
  • Tongue, including taste bud - coloured
  • SEM, Taste bud on fungiform papilla.
  • Tongue, taste bud on fungiform papilla. SEM
  • Tongue, taste bud on fungiform papilla. SEM
  • SEM Taste bud on fungiform papilla, close-up
  • Cell death in limb bud of a webbed foot
  • Developing pollen grains in a Chrysanthemum flower bud, LM
  • Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.
  • A rose (Rosa species): stem with flower in bud. Watercolour.
  • Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): three flowers, one in bud. Watercolour.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • A plant of the Leguminosae family: flowering stem with separate flower bud and fruit. Watercolour.
  • Dog rose (Rosa canina): flowering stem, flower, fruit and bud. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013