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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- Books
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Dissertatio botanica de Peloria ... / curiosorum oculis modeste subjicit Daniel Rudberg.
Rudberg, Daniel, -1797.Date: [1744?]- Pictures
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A plant (Gratiola species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 22459i- Pictures
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A plant (Gratiola species): flowering stem with floral segments. Watercolour.
Reference: 22415i- Pictures
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A plant (Gratiola species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 22416i- Pictures
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Hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis): entire flowering plant. Watercolour.
Reference: 22410i- Pictures
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Six different foxglove plants (Digitalis species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 27151i- Pictures
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Six flowering plants, possibly including species of Filipendula and Polygonatum. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28646i- Pictures
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Hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, floral segments and section of stalk and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18232i- Pictures
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Two plants, possibly louseworts (Pedicularis species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
Reference: 22827i- Pictures
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Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea): flowering plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.
Date: [1924]Reference: 25608i- Pictures
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Possibly a type of mullein (Verbascum sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16854i- Pictures
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Capraria undulata: flowering stem and floral segments. Line engraving by P. Maleuvre, c. 1788, after P. J. Redouté.
Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840.Date: [1788]Reference: 20730i- Pictures
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Four flowering plants, one possibly a delphinium. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28544i- Pictures
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Daises (Bellis species) and eyebrights (Euphrasia species): various illustrations of leaves, stems and flowers. Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
Reference: 22251i- Pictures
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A plant (Rhinanthus sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, opened fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17033i- Pictures
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A plant related to hay rattle (Rhinanthus orientalis): flowering plant and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
Aubriet, Claude, 1665-1742.Date: [1718]Reference: 20866i- Pictures
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Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Penstemon. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 27212i- Pictures
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A slipper flower (Calceolaria diffusa): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1830, after M. Hart.
Hart, M., active 1820-1840.Date: 1 December 1830Reference: 25894i- Pictures
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A plant (Rhinanthus sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17039i- Pictures
A red monkey flower (Mimulus cardinalis) with large, ornate border. Chromolithograph by O. Jones, 1845.
Jones, Owen, 1809-1874.Date: [1845]Reference: 28321iPart of: The gallery of exotic flowers