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  • Four types of spurge (Euphorbia species): two succulent stems and two low-growing plants. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.
  • A plant (Mesembryanthemum spectabile): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by Burggraaff, c. 1830, after G. Severeyns.
  • Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A plant (a species of Crassulaceae): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A plant (Euphorbia sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A plant (Mesembryanthemum barbatum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.
  • A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Stonecrop (Sedum album): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Two species of marsh samphire plant (Salicornia species): leafy stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).
  • Sea samphire (Crithmum maritimum L.): flowering stem with separate root, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • A species of the genus Mesembryanthemum: flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A species of the genus Mesembryanthemum: entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Mesembryanthemum apetalum L.: entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre L.): flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Sempervivum tectorum (houseleek)
  • Aeonium undulatum cultivar
  • Luconghua (Hemerocallis), Chinese woodcut, 1582