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A plant (Lisianthus princeps): large single flower and flower cluster. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.

Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A plant (Exacum filiforme): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

A blue gentian (Gentiana fortunei): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1860.

Seven plants, including four orchids and a fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

Bogbean or buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata L.): flowering and leafy stems with part of rhizome. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Observationes quaedam de gentianearum familiae characteribus : dissertatio inauguralis ... / auctor Aug. Henr. Rud. Grisebach.

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Gentianaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Gentianaceae

Works from the collections

Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A plant (Exacum filiforme): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Observationes quaedam de gentianearum familiae characteribus : dissertatio inauguralis ... / auctor Aug. Henr. Rud. Grisebach.

A plant (Lisianthus princeps): large single flower and flower cluster. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.

Gentianaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Gentianaceae

Works from the collections

Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A plant (Exacum filiforme): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Observationes quaedam de gentianearum familiae characteribus : dissertatio inauguralis ... / auctor Aug. Henr. Rud. Grisebach.

A plant (Lisianthus princeps): large single flower and flower cluster. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.

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