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Polygonaceae

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  • Solomon's seal (Polygonatum multiflorum): rootstock. Watercolour.
  • A plant of the Polygonaceae family, possibly a Rumex: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Five flowering plants, including bistort (Polygonum bistorta) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Three flowering plants, all types of dock (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Two species of dock (Rumex species): flowering stems with leaf and rhizome. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
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    Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

    Gower, Charlotte. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24384i
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    Three flowering plants, all types of dock (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    W. Dickes & Co. | Date: [1855] | Reference: 24804i
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    Four flowering plants, all types of dock or sorrel (Rumex species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    W. Dickes & Co. | Date: [1855] | Reference: 24803i
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    A plant (Oxyria digyna): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

    Gower, Charlotte. | Date: [1863-1880] | Reference: 24380i
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    A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

    | Date: [1827] | Reference: 27952i
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