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  • Mudwort (Limosella aquatica): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby.
  • White horehound (Marrubium vulgare): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
  • Twenty seven compound plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Long-stalked cranesbill (Geranium columbinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Quaking grass (Briza media): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Angular Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum odoratum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.
  • Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.
  • A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe peucedanifolia): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • A plant (Mesembryanthemum barbatum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • A spurge (Euphorbia species): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • White helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Stonecrop (Sedum dasyphyllum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
  • Hairy bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium tetrandrum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • A purple iris (Iris sambucina): flower and leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1792.
  • Two lichens with whole and sectioned thallus. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium alpinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • A plant (Exacum filiforme): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • Wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.