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Calotropis

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  • Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.
  • Plants, birds and archaeological sites from Persia, including terpentine plant (Pistacia terebinthus). Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1705.
  • Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
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    Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.

    Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727. | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20307i
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    Eight plants, including two orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

    | Date: 1835 | Reference: 27687i
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    Plants, birds and archaeological sites from Persia, including terpentine plant (Pistacia terebinthus). Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1705.

    Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727. | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20211i
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    Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.

    Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823. | Date: 1820 | Reference: 21031i
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