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Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Six flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.

Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Five flowering plants, one possibly an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale) and eight types of cup fungi (Peziza species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1823.

Tordylium apulum L.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Six flowering plants, all with a different type of compound inflorescence. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

A plant (Sison ammi Jacq.) related to hedge sison: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller): flowering and fruiting stems with separate node and floral and fruiting segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Chaerophyllum sativum: flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A species of the genus Bupleurum: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Bur parsley (Caucalis sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant (Carum bunius L.) related to caraway: flowering stem with part of root and separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

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Apiaceae

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Images referencing Apiaceae

Works from the collections

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A species of the genus Bupleurum: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Bur parsley (Caucalis sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant (Carum bunius L.) related to caraway: flowering stem with part of root and separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Apiaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Apiaceae

Works from the collections

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A species of the genus Bupleurum: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Bur parsley (Caucalis sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant (Carum bunius L.) related to caraway: flowering stem with part of root and separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

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