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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.

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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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.