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Stonecrop (Sedum glaucum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1812.

A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

Stonecrop (Sedum dasyphyllum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Stonecrop (Sedum sexangulare): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1808.

Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).

Stonecrop (Sedum reflexum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1800.

Stonecrop (Sedum album): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Navelwort plant (Umbilicus rupestris): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.

A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

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Crassulaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Crassulaceae

Works from the collections

A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Crassulaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Crassulaceae

Works from the collections

A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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