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Mudwort (Limosella aquatica): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Toadflax (Linaria arvensis): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Foxglove (Digitalis fuscescens): two sections of the flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea): flowering plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.

A plant (Rhinanthus sp.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

A foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum): flowering stems with butterfly and other insect. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Possibly a type of mullein (Verbascum sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Limnophila racemosa): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.

Two plants, possibly louseworts (Pedicularis species): flowering stems. Watercolour.

Six flowering plants, possibly including species of Filipendula and Polygonatum. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Toadflax (Linaria spuria): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.

Seven garden plants, including a fuchsia and monkey flower: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

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

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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Scrophulariaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Scrophulariaceae

Works from the collections

Common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

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

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Scrophulariaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Scrophulariaceae

Works from the collections

Common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

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

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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