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  • Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
  • Couch grass (Elymus repens): flower and seedheads with roots and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.
  • Three grass flower-heads. Intaglio nature print, 19th century.
  • Two examples of different root systems: a denticulate primrose rootstock and a creeping couch grass root. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Old fir tree (Abies webbiana) with pendulous lichens. Watercolour, c.1856.
  • Large brown fruits, similar to Japanese persimmon fruits, and two grass seedheads. Watercolour.
  • Couch grass (Elymus repens) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Eragrostis aspera: three sections of the flowering plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
  • Meadow rice grass (Microlæna stipoides, Br.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.
  • Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea): seedheads and leafy stem. Watercolour.
  • A grasshopper on a grass plant stem. Watercolour.
  • Hard fescue grass (Festuca duriuscula): seedhead and leafy stem. Coloured etching, c. 1805.
  • Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.