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Woad (Isatis tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate sections of fruit and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17132i
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Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 21 March 1799Reference: 25386i
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A plant (Reseda sp.) related to Dyer's rocket: flowering plant with separate flowering stem. Watercolour, 17--.
Reference: 18624i
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20099i
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Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis): flowering plant with roots. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.Date: [c. 1867]Reference: 23683i
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Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.Date: 20 June 1807Reference: 25551i
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Tumeric (Curcuma longa L.): rhizome with flowering stem and separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17957i
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Flowering stems of the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctorum) and coffee plant (Coffea arabica). Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20306i
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Two cranesbill plants (Geranium molle and Geranium columbinum) and a storksbill plant (Erodium cicutarium). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24679i
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Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17055i
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Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17056i
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Yellow root plant (Xanthorhiza apiifolia): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by H. Weddell, c. 1815.
Date: 1 June 1815Reference: 25850i
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Memorias sobre la granza, ó rubia, y su cultivo, con la descripcion de los molinos para reducirla a polvo / por Mr. Du Hamel du Monceau ... ; Traducida del francès de orden de la real junta general de comercio.
Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782.Date: 1763
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Three British wild flowers, including hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) and woad (Isatis tinctoria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.Date: [1846]Reference: 24628i
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Common sawwort (Serratula tinctoria): two flowering stems and two separate leaves of different forms. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.Date: [c. 1867]Reference: 23682i
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A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
Date: [1817]Reference: 25520i
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An indigo plant (Indigofera stachyoides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1843, after S. Drake.
Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.Date: 1 March 1843Reference: 25853i
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Dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 May 1796Reference: 25082i
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Mémoires dur différens sujets relatifs aux sciences et aux arts / Par M. de Puymarin.
Puymaurin, Jean-Pierre-Casimir de Marcassus, baron de, 1757-1841.Date: 1811
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Six British wild flowers, four types of bedstraw (Galium species), squinancywort (Asperula cynanchica) and levant (Rubia peregrina). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.Date: [1856]Reference: 24642i
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Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [1750-53]Reference: 18374i
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Mangrove plant (Bruguiera cylindrica Blume): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16205i
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Indian Snakeroot or Java Devilpepper (Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Kurz): flowering and fruiting branches, root, inflorescence and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16261i
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Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum L.): entire flowering plant with separate enlarged flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16744i
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Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16111i