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  • Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
  • Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.
  • Yuquilla (Manihot carthaginensis (Jacq.) Mill.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.