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Nyctaginaceae

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  • A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
  • A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Boerhavia erecta: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Two plants (Pisonia sylvestris and Pisonia alba ): flowering and leafy shoots with separate numbered flower and fruit sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Boerhavia scandens L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
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    Boerhavia hirsuta L.: flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17476i
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    Boerhavia scandens L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17474i
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    A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16592i
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    Boerhavia erecta L.: fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17475i
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    A bougainvillea plant (Bougainvillea speciosa): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

    Andrews, James, active 1830-1861. | Date: [1861-71] | Reference: 26156i
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