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Malvaceae

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  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
  • A mallow plant (Abutilon incanum): flowering and fruiting stems. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.
  • A flowering marsh mallow plant (Althaea rosa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
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    A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23612i
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    Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

    F. J. E. | Reference: 22139i
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    Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17612i
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    A plant, possibly of the Malvaceae family: flowering stem with blue flowers. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23400i
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    A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.

    Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770. | Date: [1743-45] | Reference: 18619i
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