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A species of the genus Ruellia: entire flowering plant with separate sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A Justicia plant: flowering stem and root. Watercolour.

A plant (Fittonia argyroneura): leafy plant. Chromolithograph by L. van Houtte, c. 1865.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

A plant, possibly of the Acanthaceae family: flowering stem with separate flowers. Watercolour.

A plant (Justicia bicalyculata Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and opened fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

A Justicia plant: flowering stem. Watercolour.

A species of the genus Ruellia: flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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A Justicia plant: flowering stem and root. Watercolour.

A plant (Justicia bicalyculata Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and opened fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

A Justicia plant: flowering stem. Watercolour.

A species of the genus Ruellia: flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.