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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.8 cm

A plant (Borago sp.) related to borage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Leaves of tutsan are used as a diuretic

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.9 x 22.7 cm

St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Scrophularia auriculata L. = (Scrophularia aquatica L.)
A decoction of leaves of water figwort is used as a diuretic

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Browallia americana = (Browallia demissa)

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2 x 22.9 cm

Browallia americana L.: entire flowering plant with separate parts of fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

The tubers of Bunium bulbocastanum are eaten as a vegetable and used medicinally as an astringent, and the seeds are used to flavour food

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.7 x 22.7 cm

Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea = (A. caerulea) The plant depicted is the blue-flowered form of the common or scarlet pimpernell - see record no. 16844

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.7 x 23.2 cm

Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Caraway seeds used as flavouring in bread, sauerkraut, cheese and liqueur

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.7 cm

Caraway (Carum carvi L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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.

Leaves of lungwort were used to treat bronchial complaints

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark  37.0 x 23.0 cm

Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis L.): flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Some species of Linaria used locally in treating haemorrhoids
Common toadflax = Linaria vulgaris

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.7 cm

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A plant (Borago sp.) related to borage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Browallia americana L.: entire flowering plant with separate parts of fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Caraway (Carum carvi L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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

Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis L.): flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Toadflax (Linaria arvensis): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

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A plant (Borago sp.) related to borage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Browallia americana L.: entire flowering plant with separate parts of fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Bunium bulbocastanum L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis f. caerulea (Schreber) Baumg.): flowering and fruiting stems with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Caraway (Carum carvi L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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

Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis L.): flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Toadflax (Linaria arvensis): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

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