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  • Leadwort or plumbago (Plumbago europaea L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and fruit cluster. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Three liliaceous flowering plants, including lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and whorled Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Senega root plant (Polygala senega): flowering stem, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A Solomon's seal plant (Polygonatum species): flowering stem, root and fruit cluster. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.
  • A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott): leaf and base of stem with tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.
  • A plant with creeping tuberous root and large globose fruit. Watercolour.
  • Fifteen different forms of plant root and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Flag iris (Iris x germanica): flower and rhizome with some leaves. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Three plants, an anenome, a mercury and a crocus: entire flowering plants. Colour nature print, c. 1860.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum): roots and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Valerian (Valeriana dioscoriodes Sibth.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • 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.
  • Cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum): rootstock sprouting leafy and flowering stems, and separate flower. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
  • Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.): flowering plant with separate fruit, seed and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A root vegetable, possibly a turnip or swede (Brassica species). Watercolour.
  • A carrot (Daucus carota): root with leaves. Watercolour.
  • Radish (Raphanus sativus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Two flowering plants, including a daffodil (Narcissus species) and a liliaceous plant. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Various stem forms, including bulbs and roots. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Zerumbet Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.): flowering stem with rhizome and separate leaf, inflorescence and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.