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Mango (Mangifera indica L.): fruiting branch with numbered sections of flower and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.Date: [1885]Reference: 16352i
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The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
Reference: 28226i
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Fagonia cretica L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
Date: [1778]Reference: 17333i
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Sonneratia apetala: flowering stem with fruit and floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.
Date: [1800]Reference: 20145i
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Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
Date: 1906Reference: 21067i
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Sasanqua camellia plant (Camellia sasanqua): flowering stem and nut. Engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.
Johann Sebastian MuellerDate: 1771Reference: 24554i
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A bael tree (Aegle marmelos) with sectioned fruit, a dancefly (Empis livida) and three worms (Enchelis species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1804, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 1 August 1804Reference: 25498i
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Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): flowering branch with numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.Date: [1885]Reference: 16349i
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Comfrey (Symphytum tuberosum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16794i
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A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
Reference: 25317i
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Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale): flowering plant, leaves and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
Date: [1836]Reference: 25318i
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20099i
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St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Jacob van HuysumDate: [1730]Reference: 20578i
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Hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16969i
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A plant (Saraca declinata Miq.) related to the asoka tree: flowering and fruiting shoot with separate numbered flowers, seeds and germinating seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.Date: [1885]Reference: 16399i
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Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): leaf, sectioned stem, leaf stalk and whole plant. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
Georg Dionysius EhretDate: [1743-45]Reference: 18618i
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Marjoram (Origanum vulgare): flowering stem, rootstock and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1847]Reference: 23819i
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Asafoetida plant (Ferula assa-foetida): flowering stem, leaves, seeds and root. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1806, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 11 January 1806Reference: 25493i
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Sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with a skeleton mantis. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1781.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20132i
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Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.
Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann von, 1826-1882.Date: 1854 to 1858Reference: 21744i
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Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17221i
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Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum L.): flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16594i
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Osnovnye dikorastushchie poleznye rasteni︠︡ia Tadzhikistana / N.K. Eremina ; otvetstvennyĭ redaktor S. Kh. Chevrenidi.
Eremina, N. K. (Nadezhda Konstantinovna)Date: 1983
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Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia L.): entire flowering plant with separate segments of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17238i
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The comparative anatomy of trunks : together with an account of their vegetation grounded thereupon; in two parts: the former read before the Royal Society, Feb. 25. 1674/5; the latter, June 17. 1675. The whole explicated by several figures in nineteen copper-plates; presented to the Royal Society in the years 1673. and 1674. By Nehemiah Grew, M.D. and fellow of the Royal Society.
Nehemiah GrewDate: 1675