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Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

Brassica adpressa Bois: flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

A plant (Vella annua): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

A plant (Erysimum orientale): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Sea kale (Crambe maritima): flowers, leafy stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Three flowering plants, including hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) and London rocket (Sisymbrium irio). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Five flowering plants, including pepperworts (Lepidium species) and candytuft (Iberis amara). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.

A plant (Erysimum murale) related to the wallflower: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Four British wild flowers, including whitlow grass (Erophila species) and scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

Three flowering cultivars of stocks (Matthiola species). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

White rocket (Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

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

Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

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Cruciferae

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Images referencing Cruciferae

Works from the collections

A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

Three flowering cultivars of stocks (Matthiola species). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

White rocket (Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

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

Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

Cruciferae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cruciferae

Works from the collections

A plant (Sisymbrium sophia) related to hedge mustard: flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.

Three flowering cultivars of stocks (Matthiola species). Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

White rocket (Diplotaxis erucoides (L.) DC): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

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

Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

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