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  • Alkanet (Anchusa tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and floral segments and description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C. H. Hemerich, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
  • Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and bulb and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.
  • Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Onosma arenaria: entire flowering plant and seed. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Henna plant (Lawsonia inermis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
  • Three British wild flowers, including hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) and woad (Isatis tinctoria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Two cranesbill plants (Geranium molle and Geranium columbinum) and a storksbill plant (Erodium cicutarium). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.): branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Indian Snakeroot or Java Devilpepper (Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Kurz): flowering and fruiting branches, root, inflorescence and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • An indigo plant (Indigofera stachyoides): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1843, after S. Drake.