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  • A plant (Mimosa bigemina Linn.): branch with flowers, pods and seeds and separate flower and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Alangium salvifolium var. hexapetalum Wang.: branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower, fruit, seed and ovary. Coloured line engraving.
  • Two plants: spanish broom (Spartium junceum) and broom (Genista species). Woodcut.
  • A plant (Zanthoxylum rhetsea) related to knobthorn: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Acalypha paniculata): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus): flowering stem. Colour mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • A plant (Atalantia spinosa): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit, seed and style.
  • A plant (Eugenia corymbosa Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Canthium parviflorum) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A spiny Solanum plant: flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Olive (Olea europaea) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia): flowering branches and floral segments. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • Margosa (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate clusters of flowers and fruits and sections of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Tetracera laevis Vahl: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.
  • Fever bark (a species of Croton): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower, fruit and seeds and sections of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Fever bark (Croton variegatum L.): branch with leaves only. Coloured line engraving.
  • Mangrove plant (Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit on ground. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Justicia bicalyculata Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and opened fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A violet (Viola lutea): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A wooded valley with a plant of the Araceae family in the foreground and verses below. Etching by Matthaeus Merian the elder, c. 1629.
  • Fever bark (Croton coccineum Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flower and fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.