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A plant (Cheiranthus sp.): flowering stem with separate opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A plant (Matthiola sinuata) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A plant (Cheiranthus tricuspidatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

A plant (Cheiranthus fenestralis) related to wallflower: entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

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Cheiranthus

Images from the collections

Images about Cheiranthus

Works from the collections

Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A plant (Cheiranthus fenestralis) related to wallflower: entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A plant (Cheiranthus sp.): flowering stem with separate opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Cheiranthus

Images from the collections

Images about Cheiranthus

Works from the collections

Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

A wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A plant (Cheiranthus fenestralis) related to wallflower: entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A plant (Cheiranthus sp.): flowering stem with separate opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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