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  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Five flowering plants, including bistort (Polygonum bistorta) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Six flowering plants: five types of sandwort (Arenaria species) and a sea purslane (Honkenya peploides). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Plantain or ribwort (Plantago sp.): flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Two species of hawk's beard plant (Crepis species): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Plantain or ribwort (Plantago sp.): flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Chickweed (Cerastium ciliatum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Five flowering plants, including water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper) and redleg (Polygonum persicaria). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Four flowering plants, all types of goosefoot (Chenopodium species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana L.): flowering stem with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Four flowering plants, all types of goosefoot (Chenopodium species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Redleg plant (Polygonum persicaria): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and groundsel (Senecio vulgaris): entire flowering plants.
  • Boerhavia erecta: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Six flowering plants, including bladderseed (Physospermum), chervil (Anthriscus cereifolium) and cow-parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Six flowering plants, all types of chickweed, stitchwort or starwort (Stellaria species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Boerhavia scandens L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Six flowering plants, including bedstraw (Galium tricorne), goosegrass (Galium aparine) and woodruff (Galium odoratum). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis) and cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Two plants, holy thistle (Silybum marianum) and Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides L.): flowering stem with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Knawel plant (Scleranthus perennis): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.