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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.

A mallow plant (Abutilon incanum): flowering and fruiting stems. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.

A flowering marsh mallow plant (Althaea rosa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Sida (Sida umbellata L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Common mallow (Malva sylvestris): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

A flowering mallow plant (Malva purpurea). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

A mallow plant (Malva species): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.

Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant, possibly of the Malvaceae family: flowering stem with blue flowers. Watercolour.

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A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.

Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant, possibly of the Malvaceae family: flowering stem with blue flowers. Watercolour.