A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

[Amsterdam], [1686]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.2 x 41.3 cm

Narinámpuli Lat. ... Mal. Ambettì ... Bra. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb. Malvaceae 31"

See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21

J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986

Wellcome Collection 16217i