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Lamiaceae

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  • A plant (Salvia patens): flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.
  • Germander (Teucrium massiliense L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A species of Sideritis: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • A plant (Salvia virgata Ait.) related to sage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • White horehound (Marrubium vulgare): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
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    Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18104i
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    White dead nettle (Lamium album) and common bugle (Ajuga reptans): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    Naudin, Philibert, active 1870. | Date: [1865] | Reference: 24681i
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    Hyssop (Hyssop officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

    Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770. | Date: [1759] | Reference: 18231i
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    Horminum pyrenaicum L.: flowering plant with rootstock and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1772] | Reference: 17816i
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    A plant (Stachys sp.) related to betony: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

    | Date: [1775] | Reference: 17120i
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