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  • Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Five British wild flowers, three Corydalis species, and two similar fumitory species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): flowering stem. Pencil drawing.
  • A plant (Vigna glabra) related to cowpea: flowering and fruiting stem with separate seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Bean plant (Phaseolus sp.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after F.A. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Grape vine with fruit and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • English ivy (Hedera helix): stem with flowers, fruit and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Large fruited granadilla (Passiflora macrocarpa): flowering stem, flower and outline of fruit. Coloured etching.
  • A vine with fruit and a second unidentified plant with flowers. Watercolour.
  • A climbing plant, possibly in the Cucurbitaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Leafy stem of a green brier (Smilax species) with fruit and leaves of an unidentified shrub. Watercolour.
  • A type of bedstraw (Galium sp.): flowering stems arising from piece of wood with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Male liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): flowering stem and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • A woody vine: flowering stem with leaves. Watercolour.
  • A pea plant (Pisum species): twining stem. Pencil drawing.
  • Two plants, a fruiting branch of a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) and a liane stem. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Aristolochia hyperborea) related to birthwort: flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1834, after himself.
  • A bean plant, possibly a Phaseolus species: flowering and leafy stems with separate leaf and petals. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Convolvulus farinosus) related to bindweed: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Black bryony (Tamus communis L.): flowering and fruiting plant with part of tuberous root and separate fruit with seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Mung bean (Phaseolus mungo L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching after F.A. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A plant, possibly balsam apple (Momordica balsamina): fruiting stem. Watercolour by Depaoli.
  • The movements and habits of climbing plants / by Charles Darwin, F.R.S.
  • A wisteria plant: flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Vine spinach (Basella rubra L.): entire fruiting plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.): flowering stem with separate pod and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Vetchling (Lathyrus inconspicuus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A man on a donkey and three drinkers toasting Bacchus: drinking song. Engraving and etching, 17--, after A.Corelli.
  • A plant (Vigna sp.) related to the cowpea: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Goose-grass or cleavers (Galium aparine L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.