Catalogue
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Monograph of the genus Russelia (Scrophulariaceae) / [Margery Claire Carlson].
Carlson, Margery Claire, 1892-1985.Date: 1957- Pictures
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A fruiting plant of the Scrophulariaceae family: stem in two sections. Watercolour.
Reference: 22842i- Pictures
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Two plants: one sedge (Cyperus species) and a flowering species of Scrophulariaceae. Watercolour.
Reference: 22837i- Digital Images
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Rehmannia angulata (Oliv.)Hemsl. Scrophulariaceae Chinese foxglove. Distribution: China. Named for Joseph Rehmann ((1753-1831) German physician (Stearn, 1994) who emigrated to St Petersburg and became the personal physician to Tsar Nicholas 1. Rehmannia glutinosa is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for arthritis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Veronica officinalis L. Scrophulariaceae Speedwell. Distribution: Europe. Gerard (1633) calls this the female Fluellen, or Speedwell and Elantine. Pena and Lobel (1570/1) report how a barber cured a man whose nose was being eroded off by giving him Elatine (sic) to drink and by applying a poultice of the crushed herb to the sore - after learned physicians and surgeons had said the only remedy was to cut the nose off. Gerard lists several Veronica
Dr Henry Oakeley