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Hyoscyamus

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  • A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)
  • Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)
  • Two flowering plants: thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) on the left and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) on the right. Colour process print, 1924.
  • Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
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Catalogue

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    Two flowering plants: thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) on the left and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) on the right. Colour process print, 1924.

    | Date: 12 April 1924 | Reference: 25610i
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    A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.

    Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770. | Date: [spring 1736] | Reference: 28360i
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    Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)

    Sue Snell
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    Four poisonous plants: hemlock (Conium maculatum), henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa) and autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

    | Date: 1855 | Reference: 28008i
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    De hyoscyamo nigro : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor Georgius Fridericus Hübner.

    Hübner, Georg Friedrich. | Date: 1826
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