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<p>The leaves of Celosia trigyna are eaten as a vegetable and infused to treat skin complaints</p>

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 43.5 x 25.6 cm

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Celosia trigyna L.: two sections of the flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant, possibly Celosia argentea: flowering stem with root. Watercolour.

Eight plants, including two orchids and a celosia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Two plants, one possibly a Celosia species: flowering stems. Watercolour.

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