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A plant (a species of Crassulaceae): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16691i- Digital Images
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Rhodiola rosea L. Crassulaceae Golden root, roseroot Distribution: Arctic, Eastern North America, mountains of central Asia. Herbalists regard it as having curative properties for diseases as diverse as cancer, influenza, depression and other conditions. It has not been licensed for use in manufactured herbal medicines in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Sempervivum tectorum L. Crassulaceae Houseleek, Senegreene Distribution: Europe. Sempervivum means 'live forever', tectorum means 'roof', and was apparently grown on house roofs to protect against lightning. Lyte (1578 distinguishes Stonecrops (Sedum) from Sengreene (Sempervivum) for he advises the latter, alone or mixed with barley meal, applied topically to burns, scalds, St Anthony's fire [erysipelas] , ulcers and sores, will cure them and sore eyes. Apropos of stonecrops (Sedum), he describes the redness and blistering that the sap has on bare skin, and how it is good for poisons for if taken with vinegar by mouth it causes vomiting, but only safe to do so in strong people. He seems fairly confused as to which is which. Not approved by the European Medicines Agency for Traditional Herbal Medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Sempervivum tectorum L. Crassulaceae Houseleek, Senegreene Distribution: Europe. Sempervivum means 'live forever', tectorum means 'roof', and was apparently grown on house roofs to protect against lightning. Lyte (1578 distinguishes Stonecrops (Sedum) from Sengreene (Sempervivum) for he advises the Sempervivum, alone or mixed with barley meal, applied topically to burns, scalds, St Anthony's fire [erysipelas], ulcers and sores, will cure them and sore eyes. Apropos of stonecrops (Sedum), he describes the redness and blistering that the sap has on bare skin, and how it is good for poisons for if taken with vinegar by mouth it causes vomiting, but only safe to do so in strong people. He seems fairly confused as to which is which. Not approved by the European Medicines Agency for Traditional Herbal Medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1728]Reference: 20493i- Pictures
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A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.
Date: 1788Reference: 25807i- Pictures
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A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16689i- Pictures
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A stonecrop plant (Sedum cepaea): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1831, after M. Hart.
Hart, M., active 1820-1840.Date: 1 February 1831Reference: 25899i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 May 1797Reference: 25102i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum dasyphyllum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 October 1799Reference: 25098i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 October 1807Reference: 25100i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum reflexum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 February 1800Reference: 25103i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum album): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 March 1806Reference: 25101i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum glaucum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1812.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 November 1812Reference: 25104i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 April 1794Reference: 25099i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum sexangulare): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1808.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 November 1808Reference: 25105i- Pictures
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Navelwort plant (Umbilicus rupestris): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24393i- Pictures
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A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24415i- Pictures
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Stonecrop (Sedum album): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24409i- Pictures
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Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24750i- Digital Images
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Aeonium undulatum cultivar
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Stonecrop (Sedum rupestre L.): flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17721i- Pictures
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Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 November 1831Reference: 24224i- Pictures
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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: 24540i- Digital Images
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Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium 'Matrona'
Dr Henry Oakeley