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Useful and medicinal plants, top: Broad bean (Vicia faba), a-plant, b-pistil and stamens, c-pistil (cross section, enlarged), d-pod, e-seed, f-seed (cross section); Wood strawberry (Fragaria vesca), a-plant, b-ripe fruit, c-ovary (cross section, enlarged); Oleander (Nerium oleander), a-blossom (cross section), b-fruit; Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria), a-plant with root, b+c-young shoots, d-open corolla, e-caly with pistil. Below: Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior, or Orobanche major), a+b-plant, c-bract, d-corolla (cross section), e-stamens, f-pistil; Bird's-nest orchid (Neottia nidus-avis), 1+2-plant, 3-blossom, 4-fruit; spring pea (Lathyrus vernus, or Orobus vernus), a-plant, b-blossom, c-flag, d-wings, e-boat, f-husk (closed), g-husk (open), h-seed, top left-stamens and pistil; Vetch (Vicia sativa), a-plant, b-blossom, c-stamens, d-husk, e-seed. Wood engravings, published in 1884.