Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the crest of a crested lark, and (below) the head of a crested lark. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the crest of a crested lark, and (below) the head of a crested lark. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.