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Hairy bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis) and cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Five British wild flowers, including coral-root (Dentaria bulbifera), lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis) and rock cress (Arabis species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Dentaria glandulosa: flowering stem with part of rootstock. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

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Hairy bitter-cress (Cardamine hirsuta): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Five British wild flowers, including coral-root (Dentaria bulbifera), lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis) and rock cress (Arabis species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis) and cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Dentaria glandulosa: flowering stem with part of rootstock. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.