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  • Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): white flowers, seed capsule and seeds. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Ammi (Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague): flowering stem with separate root, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • A bird rape plant (Brassica campestris) with an associated moth and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.
  • A spreading banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) growing on a palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) and sheltering 2 people. Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1774.