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Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus L.): clump of reeds in water. Aquatint, 1823.
Date: 4 June 1823Reference: 20398i
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A lakeside scene with waterlilies flowering in the water and a tortoise on the bank. Watercolour.
Reference: 23442i
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Six British wild flowers, including water pepper and knotweed (Polygonum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.Date: [1846]Reference: 24645i
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Aquatic algae with a water beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 Jan 1830Reference: 24024i
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Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.Date: 1861Reference: 24539i
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A plant (Limnophila racemosa): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 29 April 1809Reference: 25505i
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Four flowering plants, including watercress (Nasturtium officinale). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24773i
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Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1795Reference: 25083i
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): one large leaf with long stalk. Watercolour.
Reference: 23427i
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Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustris): flowering stems rising from water's edge with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17335i
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Water pepper plant (Polygonum hydropiper) and two square segments of a gel-like substance. Watercolour.
Reference: 22758i
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Frog-bit plant (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) with an associated water-beetle and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 May 1830Reference: 24045i
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Surrealism and science: the weird world of Jean Painleve.
Date: 1995
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Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera): part of rhizome. Watercolour.
Reference: 22757i
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An aquatic plant (Utricularia minor) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 January 1831Reference: 24188i
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Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 June 1831Reference: 24204i
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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 March 1801Reference: 25191i
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Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): entire flowering plant with floating leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.Date: 1845Reference: 26755i
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Seven flowering plants, all named types of rush (Juncus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24826i
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Seven flowering plants, including water milfoil (Myriophyllum species) and starworts (Callitriche species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24793i
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Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica): an opening flower with surrounding leaves and buds. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1845, after himself.
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.Date: 1845Reference: 26757i
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Water clover (Marsilea macropus): leafy stem with details of the sporocarp and embryonic plant. Coloured lithograph by W. Fitch, c. 1863, after himself, after Nanstein.
Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892.Date: 1863Reference: 25363i
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Three types of pondweed (Potamogeton species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.
Date: [1827]Reference: 25509i
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Water plantain (Alisma flava): base of flowering stem with root and separate infructescence and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17317i
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera): six large leaves on long petioles. Watercolour.
Reference: 23426i