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Succulent plants

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  • Four types of spurge (Euphorbia species): two succulent stems and two low-growing plants. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • A plant (Mesembryanthemum barbatum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
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    A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

    | Date: 1788 | Reference: 25807i
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    Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16707i
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    Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 November 1831 | Reference: 24224i
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    Les plantes grasses : autres que les cactées; histoire, patrie, genres, espèces et culture, etc / par Ch. Lemaire.

    Lemaire, Charles Antoine, 1801-1871. | Date: [1869]
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    Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.

    Cowell, Helen. | Reference: 22124i
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