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Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17175i
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Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20919i
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Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20307i
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Toadflax (Linaria arvensis): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17032i
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A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16056i
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Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20072i
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Arabian coffee tree (Coffea arabica): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23987i
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Alecost or costmary (Balsamita major Desf.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18226i
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Agriculture: peasants gathering manna from trees in Sicily and packing it in boxes marked "Herring Brothers London". Lithograph, c.1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 496517i
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A fruiting stem of Colutea orientalis, a flowering Lunaria fruticosa, a flowering Jacobæa ægyptiaca and a fruiting stem of Astragalus orientalis. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [1743-45]Reference: 18623i
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A plant (Apium sp.): flowering and seeding stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17386i
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Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.
Date: [1924]Reference: 25605i
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Sea rocket (Cakile maritima Scop.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17231i
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Grape vine (Vitis vinifera L.) with black grapes. Coloured lithograph after J. Polydore.
Polydore, Jan, 1646-1726.Reference: 20319i
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Mahwa or mahua (Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbr.): flowering and fruiting stem with a dragonfly. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1781.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20134i
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Tamarind or Indian date (Tamarindus indica L.) and Indian squirrel (Sciurus sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1769.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20135i
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Spanish rhubarb dock (Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate root, leaf, part of stem, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18146i
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Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1847]Reference: 23812i
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Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18088i
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A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.
Date: [1873-1876]Reference: 20966i
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Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller): flowering and fruiting stems with separate node and floral and fruiting segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17396i
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Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): flowering and fruiting stem with leaf. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1839-42]Reference: 23821i
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Common juniper (Juniperus communis L.): fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit and floral segments, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18252i
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Triumfetta semitrilobata Jacq.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18112i
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An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
Chirat, Benoit, 1795-1870.Date: 1850Reference: 27084i