Isoeteae, Zosteraceae, Aroideae, Lemneae et Potamogetoneae, Alismaceae, Hydrocharideae et Nymphaeaceae
A botanical plate book by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, published by Hofmeister in 1845, covering aquatic plant families such as pondweeds, arrowheads and water lilies for botanists and students. The hand-coloured plates show whole plants with leaves, spikes and flowers, plus small dissected parts drawn beside them in fine pen lines. A designer might take the botanical stems, strap-shaped leaves and tidy plate-numbered layouts as a model for natural-history panels or herbarium-style labels.
