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A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.
Date: [1817]Reference: 25523i
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A marigold (Tagetes species): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
Frederick Edward HulmeDate: [1879-1887]Reference: 24347i
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20096i
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Onosma arenaria: entire flowering plant and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
Johann SchützDate: [1802/12]Reference: 18482i
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Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.
Schultz, Franz Johann.Date: [1792-1804]Reference: 20787i
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Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb 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: 18234i
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Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 25 September 1799Reference: 25491i
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Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: [1759]Reference: 18159i
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Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16078i
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Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
Cornelis de BruijnDate: [1718]Reference: 20209i
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Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seed and sections of flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16011i
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Kamala (a species of Mallotus): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16014i
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Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
James ForbesDate: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20098i
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Mangrove Tree (Rhizophora mucronata Lam.): branch with flowers and fruits and separate sectioned flower and fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16206i
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St. John's wort or klamath weed (Hypericum perforatum L.): flowering stem with separate root, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17311i
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The use of vegetable dyes / Violetta Thurstan.
Violetta ThurstanDate: 1970
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Tratado de las plantas tintóreas, de la barrilla y otras plantas que dan soda, y del tabaco. Escrito según los adelantos del día y conforme á la practica de los mas célebres agricultores.
Date: 1844
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Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16263i
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Pagoda tree (Sophora japonica): branch with leaves. Coloured pen drawing by S. Kawano.
Kawano, S.Reference: 22567i
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Dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
Naudin, Philibert, active 1870.Date: [1865]Reference: 24677i
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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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Bastard alkanet plant (Lithospermum arvense) with an associated beetle, its larva and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 November 1830Reference: 24171i
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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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Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.): branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16108i