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  • Top, nerves of the lower limb, anterior (left) and posterior (right) views; below, the plant centauria centaurium. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Cornflower or bachelor's-buttons (Centaurea cyanus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea cineraria): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Knapweed (Centaurea sp.): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.
  • A knapweed (Centaurea species) with an associated insect and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Two plants, a knapweed (Centaurea jacea) and star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A flowering knapweed (Centaurea species) and two daisy species. Watercolour.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rose and lupin: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Black knapweed plant (Centaurea nigra): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.