Four examples of thorny or hairy plant stems: a rose, barberry, plum and stinging nettle. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.

Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

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