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Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Three men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina), in a forest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Seven plants, including two orchids and an alstroemeria: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum): flowering stem and separate fruit. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum): flowering and fruiting stem with cloves and parasitic worm. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.

Paperbark tree (Melaleuca ericifolia): flowering shoot with leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Sowerby, c. 1805, after himself.

A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Blue gum or fever tree (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.

A plant (Eugenia corymbosa Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum): stem with flower buds. Watercolour, c.1833.

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Myrtaceae

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Works from the collections

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum): stem with flower buds. Watercolour, c.1833.

Myrtaceae

Images from the collections

Images about Myrtaceae

Works from the collections

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Seven garden plants, including an orchid: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum): stem with flower buds. Watercolour, c.1833.

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