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Useful and medicinal plants, top: Marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris), a-plant, b+c-blossom (topand side view), d-fruit, e-fruit (cross section); Saltwort (Kali rosaceum, or Salsola rosacea), a-blossom branch, b-fruit branch, c-blossom, d-fruit (only one wing), e-spirally coiled seedling; Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis, or Spiranthes autumnalis), a-three parts of the plant, b-single floweer and underlip (c); Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), a-blossom branch, b-fruit branch, c-pod, d-seed. Below: Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a-plant, b-pod; Autumn crocus, (Colchicum autumnale), left: autumn plant, right: spring plant with ovary; Burn nettl (Urtica dioica), a-plant with staminate flowers (reduced view), b-plant with pistillate flowers (reduced view), c-staminate flower with bud (d), e-pistillate flower; Heather (Calluna vulgaris), a-plant, b-blossom, c-blossom (bottom view), d-stamens and pistil, e-ovary with pistil and two stamens. Wood engravings, published in 1884.