Purpurea Collection

Poisonous Plants
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (Wooly leaved foxglove, Digitalis tomentosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Auricula Purpurea
Double headed Auricula Purpurea

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Purple pitcher plant or side-saddle flower, Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenie pourpre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea (Secale cornutum). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Ghent cornflag, Gladiolus x gandavensis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Sarracenia porporina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Eastern quoll and water opossum
Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus 1, water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus 2. Dasyurus Maugei, Dasiuro di Mauge, Chironette yapock

Hallers apple moss, Bartramia halleriana. Bartramia dell Haller. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Mock strawberry, Potentilla indica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 1, and Dictyota dichotoma 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Heart and dart moth, turnip moth and silver cloud
Heart and dart moth, Agrotis exclamationis 1, 2, turnip moth, Agrotis segetum 3, 4, and silver cloud, Egira conspicillaris 5. Phalaena exclamationis, caliginosa, fuscosa, melaleuca

Cyprus rose-flowered rockcress, Arabis purpurea. Purple-flowered aubrietia, Aubrietia purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith

Lady orchid, Orchis purpurea (Orchis fusca). Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Purple heron, Ardea purpurea. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Varieties of sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers including Trochodota purpurea, Cladodactyla crocea crocea, Stichopus chloronotus, Anaperus peruvianus, Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni, Leptosynapta inhaerens, etc

Foxglove or Digitalis species
Canary Island foxglove, Digitalis canariensis, large yellow foxglove, Digitalis ambigua, purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, cut-leaved foxglove, Digitalis laciniata, and yellow foxglive

Viper grass, lettuce and catananche species
Purple viper grass, Scorzonera purpurea, perennial lettuce, Lactuca perennis, blue catananche, Catananche caerulea, serrated-leaved chaetanthera, Chaetanthera serrata, and white prenanthes

Rudbeckia and Echinacea species
Common purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia purpurea, various-leaved echinacea, Echinacea heterophylla, Dicksons echinacea, Echinacea dicksonii, and late-flowering purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia serotina

Cistus species
Purple cistus, Cistus purpurea, sheathed-leaved cistus, Cistus vaginatus, beautiful cistus, Cistus formosus, Algarve cistus, Cistus algarvensis, and hoary-leaved rose cistus, Cistus incanus

Lalage, scottia, templetonia and other species
Ornamental lalage, Lalage ornata, tooth-leaved scottia, Scottia dentata, retuse-leaved templetonia, Templetonia retusa, purple crotalaria, Crotalaria purpurea, and goose-foot aspalathus

Pitcher plants and caper bush
Purple sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia purpurea, yellow sidesaddle plant, Sarracenia flava, and taper-leaved caper, Capparis acuminata

Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea altera, and mandrake, Mandragora officinarum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Yellow foxglove, Digitalis lutea, and common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Broomrape, Orobanche minor, and foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Sweet violet, Viola purpurea, and dames violet, Matthiola incana. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Purple gentian, Gentiana purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after an illustration by William Miller from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Wild bergamot or bee balm, Monarda fistulosa (Monarda purpurea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Rye ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Quinine and red quinine bark trees
Quinine bark tree, Cinchona officinalis, and red quinine, Cinchona pubescens. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Sea cucumbers: Trochodota purpurea 1, 2, Cladodactyla crocea crocea 3, Stichopus chloronotus 4, Anaperus peruvianus 5, and Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni 6

Edible tubers, Tubercules alimentaires. Purple woodsorrel, Oxalis purpurea, Jerusalem artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, papalisa or olluco, Ullucus tuberosus, yamaimo or mountain yam

Purple foxglove or ladys glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Water-shield, Brasenia schreberi, Hydropeltis purpurea, Hydropeltis. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Foxglove variety, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Cornish sucker, Lepadogaster purpurea (Ocellated sucker, Cyclopterus ocellatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes

Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, and ladys smock
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, Didynamia, 1, 2, and ladys smock, Cardamine pratensis, Tetradynamia, 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea
La Digitale a fleurs purpurines. Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Pink-necked green pigeon, Treron vernans vernans. (Purple pigeon or jooan of Java, Columba purpurea.) After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Winecup fairyfan, Clarkia purpurea subsp. quadrivulnera (Whitish godetia, Godetia albescens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake

Purple pea or purple-flowered hovea, Hovea purpurea.Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Purple-flowered barbacenia, Barbacenia purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mills from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Hypocalyptus coluteoides (Crimson-flowered crotalaria, Crotalaria purpurea). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea (Purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia purpurea). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical

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