Seven flowering plants, including water milfoil (Myriophyllum species) and starworts (Callitriche species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum): flowering stems rising from water with separate infloresence. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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