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  • Transverse sections of the wood and stem anatomy of sugar cane, common cane, hazel, Althaea frutex, lime and bamboo.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): 57 segments of flowers and fruits at different stages of maturity with detailed description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Cluster of fruit of a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Colour aquatint by G. Carocci, 1838, after I. Palmerini, 1837.
  • Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Huru (Hura crepitans L.) and bull bay (Magnolia grandiflora L.): detailed flower and fruit segments with description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Lycium sp.: two flowering stems of different species of Lycium with their floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Six figures of whole and sectioned fruits showing arrangement of the pericarp. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf arrangements and bulbs. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Trunk and roots of a pine tree cut to show growth rings; microscopic views of wood cells in longitudinal and transverse section and of a root tip. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.
  • Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Nine different flowers and their floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Squill or sea onion (Drimia maritima): flowering stem, bulb, leaf and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • Garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, leaves and separate flower. Watercolour.
  • Marcelli Malpighii ... Anatome plantarum. Cui subjungitur appendix, iteratas et auctas ejusdem authoris de ovo incubato observationes continens / Regiae Societati, Londini ad scientiam naturalem promovendam institutae dicata.
  • Botanical classification; 227 figures of plant anatomical segments with descriptive text. Colour process print (?).
  • Autumn crocus or meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale): flowers, leaves and sectioned corm. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • A liliaceous plant: large flowering stem and clump of bulbs. Watercolour.
  • Germinating seeds and seedlings of broad bean and goosegrass. Coloured pencil drawing by H. Cowell.
  • Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale): entire flowering and fruiting plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Star of Bethlehem plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum): flowering stem, bulb and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1820.
  • Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.
  • Grape hyacinth (Muscari atlanticum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1790.