Familie der Kreuzblüthler oder Viermächtigen: Cruciferae s. Tetradynamae cum Resedeis
A German botanical monograph on the Cruciferae (mustard family) and Resedaceae, issued in 1837 by Ludwig Reichenbach and published by Hofmeister for botanists and students of plant classification. Its plates are numbered engraved and hand-coloured studies of flowering stems, seed pods and basal rosettes, each labelled with Latin species names, and a designer could take their precise linear botanical drawing style and muted greens and yellows for natural-history motifs.
