Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and groundsel (Senecio vulgaris): entire flowering plants.

Dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott): leaf and base of stem with tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Goat's-thorn (Astragalus trimestris): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea): flowering stem, flowers and leaves. Pen and watercolour drawings.

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