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Tap-root of rampion eaten in salads

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.2 x 22.8 cm

Rampion (Campanula rapunculus L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard.

Black nightshade is also known as common or garden nightshade and poisonberry.
The shoots and leaves of black nightshade are edible and the fruits of some large fruited forms (wonderberries) are used in pies. The berries are supposed to be poisonous but are used to treat spasms and epilepsy

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 23.1 cm

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

The plant depicted is possibly Crucianella stylosa Trin.
Crosswort was used as a vulnerary
Galium spp. are commonly known as bedstraws

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.4 cm

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.5 x 22.6 cm

A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Corms of Arisarum vulgare are a famine-food

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.9 cm

Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2 x 23.1 cm

Germander (Teucrium boeticum): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.1 x 23.0 cm

Rock-jasmine (Androsace sp.): entire flowering plant with separate single flower and corolla. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.5 x 23.0 cm

A species of the genus Vella: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

The plant depicted is possibly black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) - see record no. 16859

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.9 x 23.0 cm

A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Tap-roots of sea rocket were powdered for making bread by N. American Indians

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2 x 22.8 cm

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Rampion (Campanula rapunculus L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Germander (Teucrium boeticum): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Rock-jasmine (Androsace sp.): entire flowering plant with separate single flower and corolla. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A species of the genus Vella: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Sea rocket (Cakile maritima Scop.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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Rampion (Campanula rapunculus L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Germander (Teucrium boeticum): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Rock-jasmine (Androsace sp.): entire flowering plant with separate single flower and corolla. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A species of the genus Vella: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A plant (Solanum sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Sea rocket (Cakile maritima Scop.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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