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Plumbaginaceae

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  • Thrift flower (Armeria species) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Leadwort or plumbago (Plumbago europaea L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and fruit cluster. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Statice (Limonium sinuatum): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.
  • Thrift or sea-pink (Armeria maritima (Miller) Willd.): flowering stem with root. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
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Catalogue

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    Thrift flower (Armeria species) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 March 1830 | Reference: 24031i
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    Thrift or sea-pink (Armeria maritima (Miller) Willd.): flowering stem with root. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17613i
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    Leadwort or plumbago (Plumbago europaea L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and fruit cluster. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16840i
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    • Online

    Statice (Limonium sinuatum): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

    | Date: 1 January 1789 | Reference: 25811i
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