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  • Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris): flowering stems rising from water's edge with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an expanded flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an opening flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • A plant (Limnophila racemosa): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • White waterlily (Nymphaea alba L.): leaf, flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • The flower of a giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after C. Rosenberg.
  • Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): one large leaf with long stalk. Watercolour.
  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • A green algae (Ulva diaphana): leaf-like thallus and section of stipe. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera): part of rhizome. Watercolour.
  • Water pepper plant (Polygonum hydropiper) and two square segments of a gel-like substance. Watercolour.
  • A duck and flowering water lily (Nymphaea species) in water. Watercolour.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Frog-bit plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with an associated water-beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • A rush (Scirpus fluitans): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • An iris (Iris persica), a fungus (Isaria species) and quillwort (Isoetes species) Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
  • Three types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.
  • Seven flowering plants, including water milfoil (Myriophyllum species) and starworts (Callitriche species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Water clover (Marsilea macropus): leafy stem with details of the sporocarp and embryonic plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1863, after himself, after Nanstein.