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Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Morinda umbellata L.: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.

Field madder (Sherardia arvensis L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona caribbaea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

Eight plants, including five orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

A plant (Coutarea pubescens): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona lancifolia): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering stems arising from earth mound with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A plant, possibly of the Rubiaceae family: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf. Watercolour.

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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Rubiaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rubiaceae

Works from the collections

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

Rubiaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rubiaceae

Works from the collections

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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