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Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Six figures of whole and sectioned fruits showing arrangement of the pericarp. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

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Plant surfaces

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Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Six figures of whole and sectioned fruits showing arrangement of the pericarp. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Plant surfaces

Images from the collections

Images about Plant surfaces

Works from the collections

Five figures showing fruit, pericarps and seeds of a gooseberry, fir cone and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Six figures of whole and sectioned fruits showing arrangement of the pericarp. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

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