A double flowered poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1876.

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[1876]
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25886i
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A double flowered poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1876. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Latex from the poinsettia is used as a depilatory in its native country, Mexico

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London (Office 37, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, W. C.), [1876]

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1 print : chromolithograph

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The "double" poinsettia P. pulcherrima plenissima. (half the natural size)

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Wellcome Collection 25886i

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