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Useful and medicinal plants, top: Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), a-plant, b-flower crown (cross section), c-ripe fruit, d-root; Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), a-plant, b-blossom, c-opened crown, d-calyx with bract, e-pistil, f-filament, g-closed fruit calyx, h-opened fruit calyx with the four partial fruits; Flax (Linum usitatissimum), a+b-plant, c-stamens and ovaries with the fife stylars and cicatrices, d-petal, e-capsule, f-capsule (cross section); Borage (Borago officinalis), a-blossoms, b-single blossom (front view), c-single blossom (side view, with crown half cut away to show the filament). Below: Hemp (Cannabis sativa), a-plant with staminate flowers, b-plant with pistillate flowers, c-single staminate flower, d-single pistillate flower, e-pistil, f-fruit, g+h-pistil (cross and longitudinal section); Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), a-flowering twig, b-blossom, c-faded calyx, d+e-filaments and ovaries; Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena), a-flowering plant, b-ripe fruit, c-fruit (cross section); Field pansy (Viola arvensis), a+b-plant, c-stamen and pistil. Wood engravings, published in 1884.