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Hedysarum Collection

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Common sainfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia

Common sainfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia (Hedysarum onobrychis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Milkvetch and honeysuckle species

Milkvetch and honeysuckle species
Lamberts mountain milkvetch, Oxytropis lamberti, rose-coloured French honeysuckle, Hedysarum roseum, Persian goats rue, Galega persica, Iberian coronilla, Coronilla iberica, procumbent milk vetch

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Crownvetch, Securigera securidaca, and Greek

Crownvetch, Securigera securidaca, and Greek cyclamen, Cyclamen graecum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius

Telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius (Sensitive hedysarum, Hedysarum gyrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Saintfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia

Saintfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia (Hedysarum onobrychis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Alpine sainfoin, Hedysarum hedysaroides

Alpine sainfoin, Hedysarum hedysaroides (Creeping rooted hedysarum, Hedysarum obscurum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Alpine sweetvetch, Hedysarum alpinum

Alpine sweetvetch, Hedysarum alpinum
Alpine sweetvetch or alpine hedysarum, Hedysarum alpinum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Hedysarum spinosissimum subsp. capitatum

Hedysarum spinosissimum subsp. capitatum (Sceptre-flowered hedysarum, Hedysarum capitatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 88

Curtis British Entomology Plate 88
Lepidoptera: Cleora cinctaria (Ringed Carpet) [Plant: Onobrychis viciifolia (Hedysarum onobrychis, Cock?s Head)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageHedysarum Collection: Telegraph or semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius

Telegraph or semaphore plant, Codariocalyx motorius.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800


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