Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Morinda umbellata L.: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.

Field madder (Sherardia arvensis L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona caribbaea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

Eight plants, including five orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

A plant (Coutarea pubescens): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

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8 prints : wood engravings ; images 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Coffea arabica is grown for coffee beans and for its timber

The bark of Remijia pedunculata (cuprea bark) is a source of the antimalarial quinine

1 print : lithograph ; image 27.1 x 16.9 cm

The plant depicted is possibly Crucianella stylosa Trin.
Crosswort was used as a vulnerary
Galium spp. are commonly known as bedstraws

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.4 cm

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.5 x 18 cm

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Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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