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Melastomataceae

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  • Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seed and sections of flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.
  • Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
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    A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.

    | Date: [1817] | Reference: 25523i
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    Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seed and sections of flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1685] | Reference: 16011i
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    A plant (Melastoma discolor): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Colour stipple engraving by L. Bouquet, c. 1816, after A. Poiteau.

    Poiteau, Pierre Antoine, 1766-1854. | Date: [1816-1923] | Reference: 21009i
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    Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15947i
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