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Mudwort (Limosella aquatica): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

A torch lily (Kniphofia alooides): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1799, after H. Andrews.

Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.

Wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby.

White horehound (Marrubium vulgare): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.

Twenty seven compound plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Long-stalked cranesbill (Geranium columbinum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Quaking grass (Briza media): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

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

A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.

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

A plant (Monsonia speciosa): flowering stem and leaf Coloured engraving, c. 1789.

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis): flowering stem, leaf, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1799.