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Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.
Reference: 22090i
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Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer): fruiting stem, nut and flowers. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 20 May 1799Reference: 25371i
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Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 September 1831Reference: 24218i
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Common elder (Sambucus nigra): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Worthington George SmithDate: [1863-1880]Reference: 24413i
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Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17594i
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Granadilla or passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17245i
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White horehound (Marrubium vulgare): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1797.
James SowerbyDate: 1 July 1797Reference: 25158i
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis L.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16581i
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Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching.
Reference: 25334i
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A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
Date: [1827]Reference: 27942i
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West Indian Snake Bark (Colubrina ferruginea Brongn.): leafy stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18092i
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Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus L.): flowering stem with separate leaves and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18250i
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Goat's-thorn (Astragalus trimestris): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17805i
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A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
Date: [1671]Reference: 24657i
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Tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1772]Reference: 17781i
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Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum): flowering and fruiting stem with cloves and parasitic worm. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 21 May 1808Reference: 25395i
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Kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos rufa): flowering stem in 2 sections with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
Pierre-Joseph RedoutéDate: [1798]Reference: 18518i
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Vine spinach (Basella rubra L.): entire fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 17028i
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A fruiting coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
Reference: 28176i
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Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17031i
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Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
Date: [1775]Reference: 17052i
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Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.): branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16108i
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Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24662i
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Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): flowering and fruiting plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.
Date: [1924]Reference: 25597i
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Bahama whitewood tree (Canella winterana): flowering and fruiting branch and beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 2 April 1808Reference: 25397i