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  • Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

    • Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
    Date
    [1847]
    Reference
    23824i
    • Pictures
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16859i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Du yao ben cao / zhu bian Yang Cangliang ; fu zhu bian Pan Zhiqiang [and others].

    • Yang, Cangliang.
    Date
    1993
    • Books
  • Two entire flowering plants, a yellow crocus (Crocus species) and a herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    • Auer, Alois, 1813-1869.
    Date
    1853 [1854]
    Reference
    23767i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Türkiye zehirli nebatlarının en ehemmiyetlileri üzerinde kimyevî arąstırmalar / yazan Ali Rıza Gürgen.

    • Gürgen, Ali Riza.
    Date
    1943
    • Books
  • Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.

    • Henderson, Peter, active 1799-1829.
    Date
    1 January 1805
    Reference
    18315i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Helmet flower (Aconitum anthora L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments 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
    18230i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.

    Date
    1903
    Reference
    21104i
    • Pictures
  • Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

    • Raffeneau-Delile, Alire, 1778-1850.
    Date
    1809
    • Books
    • Online
  • Joh. Jacobi Wepferi ... Historia cicutæ aquaticæ, : quâ non solùm plantæ hujus venenatæ structura naturalis, vires & operationes deleteriæ in hominibus ac brutis adcuratè describuntur, sciteque explicantur ... Adjectæ sunt ad calcem dissertationes de thee helvetico ac cymbalaria. / Curante Theodoro Zvingero.

    • Wepfer, Johann Jakob, 1620-1695.
    Date
    1716
    • Books
    • Online
  • Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis): flowering stem with leaves and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

    • Gower, Charlotte.
    Date
    [1863-1880]
    Reference
    24383i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus. Family: Euphorbiaceae) : Corangil tablets.

    • Duncan, Flockhart & Co.
    Date
    [1966]
    • Ephemera
    • Online
  • Four flowering and fruiting plants: black bryony, herb Paris, common asparagus and butchers broom. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    • W. Dickes & Co.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    24823i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A tropical plant (Acokanthera spectabilis): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.

    • Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.
    Date
    [1872]
    Reference
    25906i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Hemlock (Conium maculatum): flowering plants growing by a river. Colour process print, c. 1924.

    Date
    1 March 1924
    Reference
    25599i
    • Pictures
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  • Moyens de remédier aux poisons végétaux : a ceux qui sont produits par les substances métalliques, et au venin des animaux / par B.G. Sage.

    • Sage, Balthazar Georges, 1740-1824.
    Date
    1811
    • Books
    • Online
  • A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16910i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.

    Date
    [1924]
    Reference
    25605i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Poison primula (Primula obconica): flowering plant. Chromolithograph, c. 1897, after H. Moon.

    • Moon, Henry George, 1857-1905.
    Date
    [1897]
    Reference
    25887i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Two flowering plants: scarlet phelypaea (Phelypaea coccinea) and water hemlock (Oenanthe crocata). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1824.

    • Pass, John, active 1797-1815.
    Date
    [1827]
    Reference
    25513i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Three flowering plants, including a lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and an anemone (Anemone species). Nature print by F. Branson, 1854.

    • Branson, Ferguson, active 1850.
    Date
    1854
    Reference
    23765i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

    • Johnstone, John.
    Date
    [1855]
    Reference
    28013i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum): both young and old fronds. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23598i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1776]
    Reference
    18096i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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