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Five flowering plants, including pepperworts (Lepidium species) and candytuft (Iberis amara). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Pepperwort (Lepidium campestre): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, c. 1805.

Dittander (Lepidium latifolium L.): flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Pepperwort (Lepidium sp.): flowering stem with part of root and separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A flowering pepperwort plant (Lepidium species) with a cup fungus, two silverfish, a fish larva and wood-beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.

Dittander (Lepidium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, c. 1805.

Cress (Lepidium sativum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Pepperwort (Lepidium orientale): flowering plant, leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

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Dittander (Lepidium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, c. 1805.

Cress (Lepidium sativum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Dittander (Lepidium latifolium L.): flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Pepperwort (Lepidium sp.): flowering stem with part of root and separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Pepperwort (Lepidium orientale): flowering plant, leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.