Surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India (1786-1854)

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Nathaniel Wallich. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.

Nathaniel Wallich. Mezzotint, 1833, after J. Lucas.

Nathaniel Wallich. Lithograph by E. U. Eddis, 1830.

Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian plants / by the late William Roxburgh. Edited by Dr. William Carey. To which are added descriptions of plants more recently discovered by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich ... Vol. I.

Plantae Asiaticae rariores; or, descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants / By Nathaniel Wallich.

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Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian plants / by the late William Roxburgh. Edited by Dr. William Carey. To which are added descriptions of plants more recently discovered by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich ... Vol. I.

Plantae Asiaticae rariores; or, descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants / By Nathaniel Wallich.