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Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Oxalis. Coloured lithograph.

Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.

Four British garden plants, including a glory pea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Animals and plants from the East Indies, including chinese citron or natsumikan, jak fruit, nam-nam tree, bilimbi tree, betel nuts and filander. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.

Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis acetosella) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

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Cape shamrock or yellow sorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 1772.

Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Oxalis. Coloured lithograph.

Seven flowering plants, all species of the genus Oxalis. Coloured lithograph.

Four British garden plants, including a glory pea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.