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A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Three species of fern, including a maidenhair fern (Adiantum species) and a clubmoss. Colour nature print by F. Branson, 1850.

A clubmoss (Lycopodium selago): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.

Select ferns and lycopods: British and exotic / [Benjamin Samuel Williams].

Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams.

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Select ferns and lycopods: British and exotic / [Benjamin Samuel Williams].

A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams.

Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.