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  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
  • Screwpine plants (Pandanus species) of Madagascar, sheltering a tent. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • East Indian Screw Tree (Helictores isora L.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate dehisced fruit and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.
  • Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
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Plants, Useful
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Tropical plants
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Botany - History
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Trees
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