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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.

Coleus plant (Solenostemon scutellarioides): leafy stem. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1877.

A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

The surgeon cannot extract an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas; Venus brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Oil painting after Virgil.

Betony (Stachys officinalis (L.) Trev.): flowering stem with separate leaves, floral segments and sections of root and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving after T. Sheldrake, c.1759.

Four flowering plants, one possibly a toad lily (Tricyrtis species). Watercolour, c. 1870.

Shell flower or bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

A plant (Lycopus exaltatus): flowering stem with part of rootstock and separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

White dead nettle (Lamium album) and common bugle (Ajuga reptans): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

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.

Horminum pyrenaicum L.: flowering plant with rootstock and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A plant (Stachys sp.) related to betony: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

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Lamiaceae

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Images referencing Lamiaceae

Works from the collections

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

White dead nettle (Lamium album) and common bugle (Ajuga reptans): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

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.

Horminum pyrenaicum L.: flowering plant with rootstock and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A plant (Stachys sp.) related to betony: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Lamiaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Lamiaceae

Works from the collections

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

White dead nettle (Lamium album) and common bugle (Ajuga reptans): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

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.

Horminum pyrenaicum L.: flowering plant with rootstock and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A plant (Stachys sp.) related to betony: flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

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