Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A plant (Euphorbia sp.): flowering plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
A plant (Euphorbia sp.): flowering plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Wellcome Collection

A plant (Euphorbia sp.): flowering plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

1772

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Tithymalus, frutescens, americanus, leucoii foliis, crassioribus, floribus atrorubentibus. Cat.It.Rom. Tithymalus americanus, arborescens, foliis amygdati obtusis. Plum.J.R.H.85. - Ital. Escula mag.re - Gall. Grande Escule

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