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Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.

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

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

Corn Salad (Valerianella olitoria Pollich.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Myrrhis annua: flowering and fruiting stems with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Fame flower (Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Lamb's-lettuce (Valerianella sp.): entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum L.): flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Vine spinach (Basella rubra L.): entire fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Borage (Borago officinalis L.): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Nōy nīkkum kīraikaḷ / Vaittiyac Cittar Kē. Es. Laṭcumaṇaṉ.

Payaṉ miku paccilai maruttuvam / Nīlavaṉ.

Nōy tīrkkum kīraikaḷ / Es. Ē. Cūcairājā.

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Edible greens

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Images referencing Edible greens

Works from the collections

Nōy nīkkum kīraikaḷ / Vaittiyac Cittar Kē. Es. Laṭcumaṇaṉ.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Payaṉ miku paccilai maruttuvam / Nīlavaṉ.

Nōy tīrkkum kīraikaḷ / Es. Ē. Cūcairājā.

Myrrhis annua: flowering and fruiting stems with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Edible greens

Images from the collections

Images referencing Edible greens

Works from the collections

Nōy nīkkum kīraikaḷ / Vaittiyac Cittar Kē. Es. Laṭcumaṇaṉ.

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Payaṉ miku paccilai maruttuvam / Nīlavaṉ.

Nōy tīrkkum kīraikaḷ / Es. Ē. Cūcairājā.

Myrrhis annua: flowering and fruiting stems with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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