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Japanese clover (Lespedeza sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

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

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Trefoil (Lotus gracilis): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

Wheat (Triticum aestivum): two heads of grain, and a lentil plant. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

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Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Wheat (Triticum aestivum): two heads of grain, and a lentil plant. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.