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Liliaceae

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  • A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Nerine undulata: entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Cyanella capensis L.: entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.
  • A plant (Haylockia pusilla): flowering plants and floral segments. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1830, after W. Herbert.
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    Flower and roots of a red lily (Lilium carolinianum) and a whampum snake (Coluber fasciatus). Etching by M. Catesby, c.1731, after himself.

    Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. | Date: [1731-1749] | Reference: 21005i
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    A Bath asparagus plant (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum): entire flowering plant in two sections. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24485i
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    Daffodils (Narcissus): flowers and leaves. Watercolour by H. R. Carpenter.

    Carpenter, Hester Royd. | Reference: 21977i
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    Four flowering plants, one an orange lily (Lilium species). Watercolour, c. 1870.

    | Date: 1870 | Reference: 3338943i.46
    Part of: Japanese watercolour paintings of flowers.
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    Field garlic (Allium oleraceum): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

    Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24407i
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