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Herb Christopher (Actaea spicata L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17362i- Pictures
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Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17400i- Pictures
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Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.
Henderson, Peter, active 1799-1829.Date: 1 July 1805Reference: 18320i- Pictures
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Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and groundsel (Senecio vulgaris): entire flowering plants.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24751i- Pictures
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Water fennel (Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poiret): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17380i- Pictures
May apple or American mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum L.): flowering plant with separate segments of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17244i- Pictures
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Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis): flowering and fruiting stem, leaf and fruit sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1847]Reference: 23822i- Digital Images
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Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Pedacius?(Pedanios) Dioscorides
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Digital Images
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Mandragora officinarum (Mandrake)
Sue Snell- Pictures
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Strophanthus dichotomus Decne.: flowering branch with separate numbered sections of flower, follicle and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.Date: [1885]Reference: 16405i- Pictures
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Buttercup (Ranunculus grandiflorus): flowering stem and flowers. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.Date: [1718]Reference: 20855i- Pictures
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria species): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16586i- Pictures
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16581i- Pictures
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Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23767i- Pictures
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Hellebore (Helleborus atrorubens): fruiting stem with roots and separate flowering stem. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
Schütz, Johann.Date: [1802/12]Reference: 18447i- Digital Images
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Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Hyacinthaceae Star of Bethlehem, Grass lily. Distribution: Central Europe, SW Asia, NW Africa. All parts are poisonous, especially the bulbs. The toxin is a cardiac glycoside with effects similar to digoxin, vomiting, cardiac irregularities and death in humans and livestock. Only used for decoration by Native Americans (it is a non-native plant that has escaped into the wild from cultivation) and called Sleepydick (Moerman, 1998). One of its toxins is Convallotoxin, also present in Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Foxglove (Digitalis fuscescens): two sections of the flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
Schütz, Johann.Date: [1802/12]Reference: 18449i- Pictures
People of Borneo. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after F. Regamey after a photograph by August Sachtler.
Sachtler, August (Photographer), active 1873.Date: 4 January 1873Reference: 44142i- Pictures
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Goat's-thorn (Astragalus trimestris): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17805i