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Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.): flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

A species of Rutaceae: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Nine species of native Australian flowers. Coloured lithograph by G. F. Angas, c. 1846, after himself.

Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.

A plant (Atalantia spinosa): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit, seed and style.

Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

Australian fuchsia (Correa sp.): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien and J. L. Perée, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.

A thorny stem of Poncirus grafted to a woody stock. Watercolour.

Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

Three hybrids of the Australian fuchsia plant (Correa species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph, c. 1856.

Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

A plant (Zanthoxylum rhetsea) related to knobthorn: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

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Rutaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rutaceae

Works from the collections

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.): flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

A plant (Zanthoxylum rhetsea) related to knobthorn: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Rutaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rutaceae

Works from the collections

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.): flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

A plant (Zanthoxylum rhetsea) related to knobthorn: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

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