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Four types of spurge (Euphorbia species): two succulent stems and two low-growing plants. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.

A plant (Mesembryanthemum barbatum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

A stonecrop (Sedum villosum): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A plant (Umbilicus sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A plant (Mesembryanthemum spectabile): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by Burggraaff, c. 1830, after G. Severeyns.

Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.

A species of the genus Mesembryanthemum: flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Two flowering plants: meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) and wall pepper or stonecrop (Sedum acre).

A plant (Euphorbia sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Les plantes grasses : autres que les cactées; histoire, patrie, genres, espèces et culture, etc / par Ch. Lemaire.

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A houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving, c. 1788.

Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Stonecrop or wall pepper plant (Sedum acre) with an associated beetle and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Les plantes grasses : autres que les cactées; histoire, patrie, genres, espèces et culture, etc / par Ch. Lemaire.

Various leaf forms, including succulent and compound. Watercolour by H. Cowell.