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Araceae

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  • Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
  • Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a gardenia and a clematis: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A species of the genus Arum: fruiting spadix with separate leaves and single sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
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    Four flowering plants, including cuckoo-pint, sweet flag and two pondweeds. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    W. Dickes & Co. | Date: [1855] | Reference: 24828i
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    Yellow arum lily (Zantedeschia elliottiana): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21124i
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    Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    | Date: [1774] | Reference: 16905i
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    Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    | Date: 1834 | Reference: 27453i
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    Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21126i
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