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A plant (Haylockia pusilla): flowering plants and floral segments. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1830, after W. Herbert.

A crocus (Crocus stellaris): entire flowering plant and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1812.

Star of Bethlehem plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum): flowering stem, bulb and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1820.

A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.

Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale): flowering plant, leaves and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.

Snake's head or guinea flower (Fritillaria meleagris): flowering stems and bulb. Watercolour, 1904.

White hellebore (Veratrum album): flowering stem, bulb and leaf. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Snowdon lily (Lloydia serotina): entire flowering plant. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

A Bath asparagus plant (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum): entire flowering plant in two sections. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

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A Bath asparagus plant (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum): entire flowering plant in two sections. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.

Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Dutch crocus (Crocus vernus): four diagrams of a whole and sectioned flowering plant. Partially coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.