Catalogue
- Pictures
- Online
A plant of the Boraginaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 23057i- Pictures
- Online
A plant, possibly of the Boraginaceae family: flowering stem with separate flowers. Watercolour.
Reference: 23390i- Pictures
- Online
Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23771i- Digital Images
- Online
Borago officinalis L. Boraginaceae. Borage. officinalis indicates it was used in the 'offices' - the consulting clinics - of medieval monks. Distribution: Europe. Culpeper: “... comforts the heart, cheers the spirit, drives away sadness and melancholy, they are rather laxative than binding
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
- Online
Allium schoenoprasum L. Alliaceae. Chives. Bulbour perennial herb. 'schoenoprasm' means 'rush leek' in Greek, referring to the narrow leaves. Distribution: Asia, Europe and North America. Leaves used as a garnish on cooked food and in salads. However like others in Boraginaceae it contains the pyrrolizidine alkaloid cynoglossine which causes liver damage. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley