A plant related to birthwort, (Aristolochia longa L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome and sections of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Seven plants, including an orchid, a paeony and a toadflax: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A plant (Aristolochia hyperborea) related to birthwort: flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1834, after himself.

A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.9 x 23.1 cm

pages 185-190 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

A new aristolochia from Amazonian Colombia / by Richard Evans Schultes.

1 print : etching with aquatint, with watercolour

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.4 x 22.9 cm

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Aristolochia

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Images referencing Aristolochia

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A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Seven plants, including an orchid, a paeony and a toadflax: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A new aristolochia from Amazonian Colombia / by Richard Evans Schultes.

A plant (Aristolochia hyperborea) related to birthwort: flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1834, after himself.

A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Aristolochia

Images from the collections

Images referencing Aristolochia

Works from the collections

A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Seven plants, including an orchid, a paeony and a toadflax: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

A new aristolochia from Amazonian Colombia / by Richard Evans Schultes.

A plant (Aristolochia hyperborea) related to birthwort: flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1834, after himself.

A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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