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White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.

A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.

White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Miller, 1791.

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A càntaloupe' melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo): one opened fruit and many fruits under cultivation. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.

A climbing plant, possibly in the Cucurbitaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.

Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): tear-drop shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.

Melon (Cucumis melo L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate whole and sectioned mature fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Four poisonous plants: fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium), cuckoo pint (Arum maculatum), white bryony (Bryonia dioica) and greater celandine (Chelidonium majus). Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.

The constituents of some cucurbitaceous plants / by Frederick B. Power.

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Three species of bryony (Bryonia) plant: flowering stems with leaves. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1773, after himself.

Chemical examination of pumpkin seed / by Frederick B. Power and Arthur H. Salway.

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Cucurbitaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cucurbitaceae

Works from the collections

The constituents of some cucurbitaceous plants / by Frederick B. Power.

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Three species of bryony (Bryonia) plant: flowering stems with leaves. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1773, after himself.

Chemical examination of pumpkin seed / by Frederick B. Power and Arthur H. Salway.

Cucurbitaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cucurbitaceae

Works from the collections

The constituents of some cucurbitaceous plants / by Frederick B. Power.

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Three species of bryony (Bryonia) plant: flowering stems with leaves. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1773, after himself.

Chemical examination of pumpkin seed / by Frederick B. Power and Arthur H. Salway.

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