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Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

An 'everlasting' pea plant (Lathyrus latifolius): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Vetchling (Lathyrus inconspicuus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

A bunch of flowering sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus var.). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Tangier pea (Lathyrus tingitanus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate mature fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

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A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Tangier pea (Lathyrus tingitanus L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate mature fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.