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  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.): fruiting tree, leaves, fruit, flower, seed and cross-section of seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Padri (Stereospermum colais (Dillwyn) Mabb.): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flower, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Justicia bicalyculata Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and opened fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Left and right - Chasalia ophioxyloides (Wall.) Craib.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Guatteria sempervirens DC.: branch with flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • An auricula plant (Primula auricula): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Connarus pinnatus Lam.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Three plants, including a calabash-tree (Crescentia cujete) with starfish and sea urchins in an exotic tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • A larkspur (Consolida species) (?): flowering plant, leaf and floral segments. Woodcut.
  • Hosea malabarica: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A violet (Viola lutea): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A gathering of many different animals with a large walled classical Italian-style garden behind and a banner bearing the book title above. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Alangium salvifolium var. hexapetalum Wang.: branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower, fruit, seed and ovary. Coloured line engraving.
  • Olive (Olea europaea) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia): flowering branches and floral segments. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • A plant (Canthium parviflorum) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A wooded valley with a plant of the Araceae family in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthaeus Merian the elder, c. 1629.
  • Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton): branch with double flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Scutia myrtina Kurz.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate leaf, flowers, fruit, seeds and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Fever bark (Croton coccineum Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flower and fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • An anemone (Anemone species) and lily (Lilium species): flowering stems with butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth): branch with flowers and pods, separate flower, sectioned flower and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Runeala Plum (Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb.): branch with leaves. Coloured line engraving.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Four plants, including feverfew (Tanacetum species) and a tulip (Tulipa variegata): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.