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Euphorbiaceae

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  • Four types of spurge (Euphorbia species): two succulent stems and two low-growing plants. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • Fever bark (a species of Croton): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower, fruit and seeds and sections of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Pendo tree (Jatropha urens L.): flowering stem and separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A plant (Acalypha villosa Jacq.) related to Indian nettle: separate flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Cascarilla bark plant (Croton eluteria): flowering stem, bark and floral segments. Colour halftone after J. Lambert, c. 1844, after P. Turpin.
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    Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

    | Date: [1777-78] | Reference: 26349i
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    Wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 June 1795 | Reference: 25076i
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    A plant (Euphorbia sp.): flowering plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16606i
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    A double flowered poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1876.

    | Date: [1876] | Reference: 25886i
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    A plant (Euphorbia sp.): flowering plant with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16670i
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