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Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Psorsalea palaestina: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.

Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A grassland plant, possibly a clover (Trifolium species): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Seven British garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

East Indian or Malabar Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.): branch with flowers, separate shoot bearing flowers and fruit and sections of flowers. Coloured line engraving.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Dyer's greenweed plant (Genista tinctoria) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Seven British garden plants, including a coral tree: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

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Legumes

Images from the collections

Images about Legumes

Works from the collections

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Legumes

Images from the collections

Images about Legumes

Works from the collections

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Seven garden plants, including a Cape jasmine: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

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