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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.

Five flowering plants, one possibly a voodoo lily (Sauromatum venosum). Watercolour, c. 1870.

A species of the genus Arum: spadix, leaf and tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Flamingo flowers (Anthurium scherzerianum): flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1862, after W. Fitch.

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

Four plants, all with different forms of bracts, sheaths or spathes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Four Egyptian plants in a landscape, including purging cassia, French jujube or Chinese date, and a taro species. Line engraving, c. 1676.

Yellow arum lily (Zantedeschia elliottiana): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

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Araceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Araceae

Works from the collections

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

Yellow arum lily (Zantedeschia elliottiana): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

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

Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

Araceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Araceae

Works from the collections

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

Yellow arum lily (Zantedeschia elliottiana): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

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

Seven garden plants, including an iris: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica): inflorescence and leaf. Watercolour.

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