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Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.

View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.

Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.): flowering plant with separate fruit, seed and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A famous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.), named Cubbeer Burr, on a river island in India. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.

A spreading banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) growing on a palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) and sheltering 2 people. Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1774.

An old dragon tree (Dracaena draco) with a gash in its stem releasing its "dragon's blood" resin and a door in its trunk. Aquatint with etching by R. G. Reeve after J. J. Williams, c.1819.

Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

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Botany - Mythology

Images from the collections

Images about Botany - Mythology

Works from the collections

Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.

View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.

Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.): flowering plant with separate fruit, seed and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

Botany - Mythology

Images from the collections

Images about Botany - Mythology

Works from the collections

Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.

View from inside an enormous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.). Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1778.

Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum L.): flowering plant with separate fruit, seed and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

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