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  • Five roots of different forms: spindle-shaped (carrot), fibrous (grass), beet-shaped (radish), tuberous (water hemlock), and onion-shaped (onion). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Twenty seven compound plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf venation, bud arrangements and woody stems. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Fifteen plant leaves, all of different shapes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Oak (Quercus species): six leaves showing large variation in size. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): twenty one different anatomical segments of the plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
  • Two examples of flowering plant stems: a clary (Salvia sclarea) and lime (Tilia species). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of bracts, sheaths or spathes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • 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.
  • Fifteen plant leaves with different types of venation, stalk and autumn colour. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Thirty five determinate plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Various leaf forms and flower parts. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.
  • Five examples of different plant stems: a crow-foot, pilewort, onion, cuckoo flower and sheep's fescue plant. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Fifteen flowers of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Fifty eight simple plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Fifty-four flowers, fruit and floral segments of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
  • Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • 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.
  • Various leaf forms, leaf arrangements and bulbs. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Eleven compound plant leaves, all of different shapes. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.