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  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.
  • Dentaria glandulosa: flowering stem with part of rootstock. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Marjoram (Origanum vulgare): flowering stem, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • Horminum pyrenaicum L.: flowering plant with rootstock and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Chaerophyllum coloratum L.: flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Scabious (Scabiosa loevigata): flowering and fruiting stem with rootstock, in two sections.. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Willow-herb (Epilobium sp.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, floral segment and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Senega root plant (Polygala senega): flowering stem, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • A plant (Euphorbia sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Masterwort (Astrantia major Pallas): flowering stem with separate leaves, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A plant (Lycopus exaltatus): flowering stem with part of rootstock and separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce: inflorescence with separate leaf with part of rootstock and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum): rootstock sprouting leafy and flowering stems, and separate flower. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • Hog fennel (Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch.): flowering stem with separate leaf, rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • St. Bernard's lily (Anthericum liliago L.): flowering stem with separate rootstock and cluster of fruits. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Cut-leaved germander (Teucrium botrys L.): flowering stem with part of rootstock and separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Phlomis sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf, rootstock, floral and fruit segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Salvia verbenaca): flowering and fruiting stems with part of rootstock and separate floral sections and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Two examples of different root systems: a denticulate primrose rootstock and a creeping couch grass root. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Botanical classification; 227 figures of plant anatomical segments with descriptive text. Colour process print (?).
  • Animals and plants from the East Indies, including chinese citron or natsumikan, jak fruit, nam-nam tree, bilimbi tree, betel nuts and filander. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.