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  • Spurge laurel (daphne laureola. Family: Thymelaeaceae) : Myolgin tablets.
  • Spurge laurel (daphne laureola. Family: Thymelaeaceae) : Myolgin tablets.
  • A tropical plant (Acokanthera spectabilis): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.
  • An oleander plant (Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after A. Bétrérnieux (?).
  • Herb Christopher (Actaea spicata L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Water fennel (Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poiret): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Pedacius?(Pedanios) Dioscorides
  • Pedacius?(Pedanios) Dioscorides
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
  • Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour.
  • Buttercup (Ranunculus grandiflorus): flowering stem and flowers. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • Three flowering plants, including a lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and an anemone (Anemone species). Nature print by F. Branson, 1854.
  • Squill or sea onion (Drimia maritima): flowering stem, bulb, leaf and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Hellebore (Helleborus atrorubens): fruiting stem with roots and separate flowering stem. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering plant. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Hemlock (Conium maculatum): flowering plants growing by a river. Colour process print, c. 1924.
  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.
  • Foxglove (Digitalis fuscescens): two sections of the flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened calyx and berry. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Strophanthus dichotomus Decne.: flowering branch with separate numbered sections of flower, follicle and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.