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Ranunculus

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  • Six cut Ranunculus flowers: double-flowered varieties with leaves. Watercolour by Mrs. Montgomery.
  • Four plants, including a fritillary (Fritillaria) and a wood buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.): flowering and stoloniferous stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Ranunculus species): flowering plant in a pot. Woodcut.
  • Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
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    Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

    Naudin, Philibert, active 1870. | Date: [1865] | Reference: 24675i
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    A buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 March 1830 | Reference: 24034i
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    Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    | Date: 1834 | Reference: 27328i
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    Six cut Ranunculus flowers: double-flowered varieties with leaves. Watercolour by Mrs. Montgomery.

    Montgomery. | Reference: 22058i
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    Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

    | Date: [1855] | Reference: 28013i
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