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Chinese boxthorn (Lycium barbarum): stem with leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22582i
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Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23770i
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Cashew nut or acajou (Anacardium occidentale): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1772.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20127i
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Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16791i
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Wild plants for a sustainable future : 110 multipurpose species / edited by Tiziana Ulian, César Flores, Rafael Lira, Avhatakali Mamatsharaga, Kebadire K. Mogotsi, Patrick Muthoka, Samodimo Ngwako, Desterio O. Nyamongo, William Omondi, Abdoul K. Sanogo, Sidi Sanogo and Efisio Mattana.
Date: 2019
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Stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 July 1831Reference: 24208i
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Oleander or rose-bay (?Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Watercolour.
Reference: 21982i
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Tea plant or manuka (Leptospermum scoparium): flowering stem. Engraving by W. Byrne, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
William HodgesDate: 1 February 1777Reference: 20872i
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A species of the genus Arum: fruiting spadix with separate leaves and single sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16903i
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Service tree (Sorbus torminalis): fruiting branch held in a hand with diseased skin. Coloured etching by G. Edwards, c. 1756, after himself.
George EdwardsDate: 1756Reference: 25321i
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Ballot (Exocarpos cupressiformis Lab.): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté and J. Piron.
Pierre-Joseph RedoutéDate: [1798]Reference: 18495i
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Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16096i
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Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
Date: 1 February 1813Reference: 25534i
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Couch grass (Elymus repens): flower and seedheads with roots and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.
Müller, Walther.Date: 1887Reference: 24533i
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Plants, birds and archaeological sites from Persia, including terpentine plant (Pistacia terebinthus). Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1705.
Cornelis de BruijnDate: [1718]Reference: 20211i
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Jacob van HuysumDate: [1730]Reference: 20535i
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Black bryony (Tamus communis): fruiting stem. Partially coloured pen drawing.
Reference: 22330i
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A plant (Allium flexum) related to chives: entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
Johann SchützDate: [1802/12]Reference: 18479i
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Red poppy (Papaver rhoeas): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24674i
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Borneo camphor tree (Dryobalanops aromatica): flowers, leafy stem and sectioned seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23989i
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Two flowering plants: thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) on the left and henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) on the right. Colour process print, 1924.
Date: 12 April 1924Reference: 25610i
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Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida (Labill.) Baill.): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté and J. Piron.
Piron, Jean, active 1771-1799. Date: [1798]Reference: 18510i
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Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.): flowering plant with separate fruit, seed and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16575i
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Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17444i
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A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20935i