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Lathyrus

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  • Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • An 'everlasting' pea plant (Lathyrus latifolius): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Vetchling (Lathyrus inconspicuus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
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    A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

    Guenébeaud. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 27069i
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    Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

    Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860. | Date: [c. 1867] | Reference: 23666i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24540i
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    Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    | Date: 1836 | Reference: 27350i
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    Tangier pea (Lathyrus tingitanus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate mature fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17621i
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