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White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.

Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Campion (Silene catholica): two sections of flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

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Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Campion (Silene catholica): two sections of flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Pukaḻ peṟṟa mūlikaikaḷ / āciriyar Mūlikai maṉṉar, Tiṉamaṇi pukaḻ Vēlūr maruttuvar Ā. Irā. Kaṇṇappar.