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Solanum tuberosum, potato

Solanum tuberosum, potato. REGNAULT Nicolas Francois (1746-c.1810) and Genevive de Nangis REGNAULT (b.1746). La Botanique mise a la portee de tout le Monde: ou collection des Plantes d'usage dans la Medecine, dans les Alimens et dans les Arts.Vol.1, 1774. 33

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Stapelia reticulata, 1814

Original illustration of Stapelia reticulata, currently accepted as Huernia reticulata, commonly known as netted-flowered stapelia, from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1662, 1st August 1814. Watercolour and pencil on paper. In 1814, this species could be found in the hollows of rocks, near North Olifant's River, South Africa.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787

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456. Haemanthus and other South African Flowers

In front a dwarf species of Erythrina and Eucomnispunctata, Alt. var., with Haemanth its magnificus, Herb., var. superbus, Baker, and above on the right, the purple brown Tulbaghia alliacea, Linn., which has a strong odour like that of garlic, though t

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