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Bignoniaceae

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  • A species of the family Bignoniaceae: twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.
  • A flowering plant (Bignonia capensis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.
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    A flowering plant (Bignonia capensis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

    Guenébeaud. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 27074i
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    A plant (Bignonia buccinatoria): flowering stem. Colour halftone, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

    Moon, Henry George, 1857-1905. | Date: [c. 1886] | Reference: 28338i
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    A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23094i
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    Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

    | Date: 1748 | Reference: 25428i
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    Seven plants, including two orchids and a lily: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27877i
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