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Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Pineapple (Ananas comosus): large fruit on the end of a leafy stem. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

A tropical plant (Aechmea mertensii): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A plant (Tillandsia musaica): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by J. N. Fitch, c. 1880, after himself.

Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker].

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A plant (Tillandsia musaica): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by J. N. Fitch, c. 1880, after himself.

Handbook of the Bromeliaceae / [John Gilbert Baker].

Pineapple (Ananas comosus): large fruit on the end of a leafy stem. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A tropical plant (Aechmea mertensii): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.