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Crassulaceae

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

    | Date: 1788 | Reference: 25807i
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    Stonecrop (Sedum villosum): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 May 1797 | Reference: 25102i
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    A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

    Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740. | Date: [1728] | Reference: 20493i
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    Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 November 1831 | Reference: 24224i
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    A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16689i
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