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Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A rush (Scirpus fluitans): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

Scirpus cephalotes: flowering stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

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Four flowering plants, including a cowslip (Primula veris), comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and a bulrush (Scirpus species). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

Scirpus cephalotes: flowering stem with root and separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A rush (Scirpus fluitans): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.