Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Three types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.

Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Seven aquatic flowering plants, all types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2 x 22.7 cm

Pondweed (Potamogeton sp.): flowering and fruiting stems rising from water. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 16.7 x 9.2 cm

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 20.1 x 11.8 cm

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 25.6 x 19.5 cm

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Potamogetonaceae

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Images referencing Potamogetonaceae

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Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Pondweed (Potamogeton sp.): flowering and fruiting stems rising from water. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Three types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.

Potamogetonaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Potamogetonaceae

Works from the collections

Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Pondweed (Potamogeton sp.): flowering and fruiting stems rising from water. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Three types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.

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