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  • A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • Germander (Teucrium massiliense L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A species of Sideritis: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Salvia virgata Ait.) related to sage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • White horehound (Marrubium vulgare): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
  • Coleus plant (Solenostemon scutellarioides): leafy stem. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1877.
  • A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • The surgeon cannot extract an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas; Venus brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Oil painting after Virgil.
  • Betony (Stachys officinalis (L.) Trev.): flowering stem with separate leaves, floral segments and sections of root and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving after T. Sheldrake, c.1759.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a toad lily (Tricyrtis species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Shell flower or bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Lycopus exaltatus): flowering stem with part of rootstock and separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • False dittany (Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • False dittany (Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Wood germander or wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Four British garden plants, including a glory pea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Germander (Teucrium supinum): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Salvia indica L.) related to sage: two sections of a flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Hyssop (Hyssopus lopanthus). Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • A plant (Stachys maritima L.) related to betony: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a labiate. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Three flowering plants: a garden dahlia (Dahlia cultivar), a calamint (Calamintha coccinea) and a verbena (Verbena tweediana). Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin.
  • A liqueur label illustrated with two mint plants (Mentha species) Engraving, 19th century.
  • Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A clump of mushrooms and two Chinese artichokes (Stachys affinis). Watercolour.
  • Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Skull-cap or helmet flower (Scutellaria sp.): entire flowering plant with separate sections of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Betony (Stachys officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.
  • A plant (Stachys sp.) related to betony: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.