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  • A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23631i
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  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.

    • Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.
    Date
    1 June 1810
    Reference
    25842i
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  • Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16973i
    • Pictures
  • Kingcups (Caltha palustris) and pasque-flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    • Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.
    Date
    [1865]
    Reference
    24694i
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  • Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24828i
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  • White waterlily (Nymphaea alba L.): leaf, flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17328i
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  • Water fennel (Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poiret): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1778]
    Reference
    17380i
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  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

    • Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.
    Date
    1845
    Reference
    26759i
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  • A spiked rush (Juncus spicatus) and millipede (Iulus species) with anatomical detail. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.

    • Pass, John, active 1797-1815.
    Date
    25 November 1811
    Reference
    25538i
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  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17190i
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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
    1861
    Reference
    24545i
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  • A lagoon in the Tierra Caliente, Mexico, bordered by tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    • Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892.
    Date
    [1867-1875]
    Reference
    20930i
    • Pictures
  • A spreading pillwort plant (Pilularia species) with details of its sporocarp. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.

    • Pass, John, active 1797-1815.
    Date
    [1825]
    Reference
    25512i
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  • The flower of a giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after C. Rosenberg.

    • Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850.
    Date
    [1850-51]
    Reference
    26367i
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  • Giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) in a tropical lake. Coloured lithograph after M. Gauci, ca. 1841, after C. Bentley.

    • Bentley, Charles, 1806-1854.
    Date
    [1841]
    Reference
    21008i
    • Pictures
  • Pondweed (Potamogeton sp.): flowering and fruiting stems rising from water. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17237i
    • Pictures
  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24825i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24827i
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  • A duck and flowering water lily (Nymphaea species) in water. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23623i
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  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1778]
    Reference
    17399i
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  • Five flowering plants, including milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) and sea heath (Frankenia laevis). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24780i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    • Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.
    Date
    1861
    Reference
    24536i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an expanded flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.

    • Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.
    Date
    1845
    Reference
    26758i
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  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.

    • Constans, L., approximately 1850.
    Date
    [1851-52]
    Reference
    26345i
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  • Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24824i
    • Pictures
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