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Birthwort Collection

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria

Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Downy leaved birthwort, Aristolochia tomentosa

Downy leaved birthwort, Aristolochia tomentosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, London, 1811

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Long birthwort, Aristolochia longa, and swallow-wort

Long birthwort, Aristolochia longa, and swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Smearwort, Aristolochia rotunda vera

Smearwort, Aristolochia rotunda vera, and birthwort, Aristolochia vulgaris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Birds head birthwort, Aristolochia ornithocephala

Birds head birthwort, Aristolochia ornithocephala. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Common birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis

Common birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora

Pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora (Giant birthwort, Aristolochia gigas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Boat-flowered birthwort, Aristolochia cymbifera

Boat-flowered birthwort, Aristolochia cymbifera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Bejuco de Santiago, Aristolochia trilobata

Bejuco de Santiago, Aristolochia trilobata (Trifid birthwort, Aristolochia trifida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Watts after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund

Background imageBirthwort Collection: European birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis

European birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 501

Curtis British Entomology Plate 501
Diptera: Tanypus nebulosus = Anatopynia nebulosa (Clouded-winged Midge) [Plant: Aristolochia clematitis (Common Birthwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Gigantic-flowered birthwort, Aristolochia gigantea

Gigantic-flowered birthwort, Aristolochia gigantea.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Background imageBirthwort Collection: Aristolochia hians, birthwort or Dutchman s

Aristolochia hians, birthwort or Dutchman s
Aristolochia hians, birthwort or Dutchmans pipe native to Venezuela.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N


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