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Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A sedge (Carex dioica) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A rush (Scirpus fluitans): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

A plant (Cyperus species): inflorescence with separate floral segments. Aquatint.

A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.

Scirpus cephalotes: flowering stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Two plants: one sedge (Cyperus species) and a flowering species of Scrophulariaceae. Watercolour.

Cyperus compressus L.: two sections of the flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

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Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A plant (Cyperus species): inflorescence with separate floral segments. Aquatint.

Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Cyperus compressus L.: two sections of the flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.