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A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

Glory pea (Clianthus puniceus): flowering stem, pod and seed. Coloured etching by S. Watts, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.

Purging cassia or Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula): flowers, leaf, pod and seeds. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

A plant (Trigonella species): flowering and fruiting stems with seed. Watercolour.

Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.

White lupin (Lupinus albus): entire flowering plant with pod. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza echinata): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

Four fruiting and flowering plants all with different types of pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

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Pods (Botany)

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Images about Pods (Botany)

Works from the collections

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.

Pods (Botany)

Images from the collections

Images about Pods (Botany)

Works from the collections

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.

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