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Flowering trees

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  • Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • A rhododendron (Rhododendron indicum): small flowering shrub in grassland. Watercolour.
  • A flowering tree branch, possibly a Caesalpinia species. Watercolour.
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    A flowering tree branch, possibly a Caesalpinia species. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22782i
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    A rhododendron (Rhododendron indicum): small flowering shrub in grassland. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23601i
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    Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.

    Forbes, James, 1749-1819. | Date: [1st June 1813] | Reference: 20099i
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    Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1686] | Reference: 16111i
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    China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering tree in container and single large leaf. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1686] | Reference: 16210i
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