Water fennel (Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poiret): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

The fruit of water fennel was used for bronchitis and digestive disorders

Oenanthe aquatica = (Oenanthe phellandrium)

Water fennel is also known as fine-leaved water dropwort

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1778]

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 23.0 cm

Phellandrium. Dod.Pempt.591. I.R.H.306 Cicutaria palustris, C.B.Pin.161. Ital. Cicutaria aquatica

Wellcome Collection 17380i