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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.

Cinchona plant (Cinchona lancifolia): 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.

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

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.

Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

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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.

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.

Bedstraw or crosswort plant (Galium cruciatum) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.