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Plantae Selectae: No. 39 - Lilio-Gladiolus

Georg Dionysius Ehret

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a plant with long, thin green leaves and white flowers that have pink edges. The plant has a bulbous base with roots. There are two large flowers and one smaller one on the left. The flowers have six petals. A cutaway section shows the bulb and roots. The background of the image is beige. There is text at the bottom and top right. The text at the bottom is in a foreign language. The top right says "Tab XXXIX" in small letters.

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