Bugloss or alkanet (Anchusa officinalis L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seed and sections of flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Mangrove Tree (Rhizophora mucronata Lam.): branch with flowers and fruits and separate sectioned flower and fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

A marigold (Tagetes species): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.

Common sawwort (Serratula tinctoria): two flowering stems and two separate leaves of different forms. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Dyer's rocket plant (Reseda luteola) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Tumeric (Curcuma longa L.): rhizome with flowering stem and separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis): flowering plant with roots. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 26.3 x 20.1 cm

A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.

Fruits of the ketaki are edible, the male flowers used in perfumery, the leaves for matting, the roots give a black dye and the plant is used for hedging
Pandanus species are known as screw-pines
Pandanus tectorius = (Pandanus odoratissimus)

1 print : aquatint with etching, with watercolour

Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 46.3 x 31 cm

Onosma arenaria: entire flowering plant and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 25.6 x 16 cm

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A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.

A marigold (Tagetes species): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

Onosma arenaria: entire flowering plant and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

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Dye plants

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A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.

A marigold (Tagetes species): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

Onosma arenaria: entire flowering plant and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

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