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A plant of the Leguminosae family: two flowering stems with separate flowers. Watercolour.
Reference: 23058i
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A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16906i
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A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22604i
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A root vegetable, possibly a turnip or swede (Brassica species). Watercolour.
Reference: 22609i
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American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): flowering stem, root and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 1 November 1810Reference: 25834i
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Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
Date: 12 June 1809Reference: 25541i
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Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
Date: 11 May 1799Reference: 25554i
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Parsnip (Pastinaca species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22700i
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A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22753i
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A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.
Reference: 20437i
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Two flowering plants, including a daffodil (Narcissus species) and a liliaceous plant. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23768i
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Trunk and roots of a pine tree cut to show growth rings; microscopic views of wood cells in longitudinal and transverse section and of a root tip. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
Ruprecht, H. J.Date: [1877]Reference: 27043i
Part of: Pflanzenreich
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Two water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis) and a root of Shan kui. Watercolour.
Reference: 22591i
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Flag iris (Iris x germanica): flower and rhizome with some leaves. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1839-42]Reference: 23813i
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Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
Date: 1853 [1854]Reference: 23771i
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Dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott): leaf and base of stem with tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16902i
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Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.
Reference: 44113i
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A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22584i
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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.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: 30 June 1802Reference: 24238i
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A leek (Allium ampeloprasum): roots and leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22740i
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Radish (Raphanus sativus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17227i
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A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 22589i
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Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17398i
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Valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16779i
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Senega root plant (Polygala senega): flowering stem, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1847]Reference: 23820i