Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting Foeniculum vulgare [common fennel], also including six botanical details labelled '1-6'. These are described in the book as: 1. 'Corolla', 2. 'Germen and Pistils', 3.' Fruit', 4. 'A Carpel', 5. 'The same magnified', 6. 'Transverse section of a Carpel more highly magnified'. The book plate bears the imprints 'Russell del', 'Pubd. By W Baxter. Botanic Garden. Oxford. 1836' and 'J W. sc'. From the book ‘British phaenogamous botany. Vol III' by William Baxter