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Carnivorous plants

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  • A plant related to birthwort, (Aristolochia longa L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome and sections of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
  • A species of the genus Arum: fruiting spadix with separate leaves and single sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A species of the genus Arum: spadix, leaf and tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
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    Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16905i
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    A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16910i
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    Insectivorous plants / by Charles Darwin ; revised by Francis Darwin.

    Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. | Date: 1908
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    Illustrations of North American pitcherplants / by Mary Vaux Walcott. Descriptions and notes on distribution, by Edgar T. Wherry. Notes on insect associates, by Frank Morton Jones.

    Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940. | Date: 1935
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    Two types of pitcher plants (Sarracenia species): flowers and leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

    Moon, Henry George, 1857-1905. | Date: [c. 1886] | Reference: 28336i
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