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A field of grass with a row of poplar trees and a pair of white boxer shorts floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.

A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.

Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

A field of grass with a row of poplar trees and a pair of white boxer shorts floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

A grass (Arundo arenaria) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Quaking grass (Briza media): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Quaking grass (Briza minor) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].

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Poaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Poaceae

Works from the collections

The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].

Poaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Poaceae

Works from the collections

The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Agrostologia Helvetica definitionem descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens / [Jean Gaudin].

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