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A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.
Reference: 23631i
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Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 1 June 1810Reference: 25842i
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Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16973i
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Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24694i
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Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24828i
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White waterlily (Nymphaea alba L.): leaf, flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17328i
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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
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Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.Date: 1845Reference: 26759i
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A spiked rush (Juncus spicatus) and millipede (Iulus species) with anatomical detail. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
Date: 25 November 1811Reference: 25538i
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17190i
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Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.Date: 1861Reference: 24545i
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A lagoon in the Tierra Caliente, Mexico, bordered by tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20930i
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A spreading pillwort plant (Pilularia species) with details of its sporocarp. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.
Date: [1825]Reference: 25512i
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The flower of a giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after C. Rosenberg.
Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850.Date: [1850-51]Reference: 26367i
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Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) in a tropical lake. Coloured lithograph after M. Gauci, ca. 1841, after C. Bentley.
Bentley, Charles, 1806-1854.Date: [1841]Reference: 21008i
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Pondweed (Potamogeton sp.): flowering and fruiting stems rising from water. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17237i
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Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24825i
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Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24827i
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A duck and flowering water lily (Nymphaea species) in water. Watercolour.
Reference: 23623i
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Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17399i
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Five flowering plants, including milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) and sea heath (Frankenia laevis). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24780i
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Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.Date: 1861Reference: 24536i
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Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an expanded flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.Date: 1845Reference: 26758i
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Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.
Constans, L., approximately 1850.Date: [1851-52]Reference: 26345i
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Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24824i