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  • A tropical orchid (Epidendrum variegatum): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Flowers, stem and leaf of a tropical plant (Dillenia pentagyna) and five skin beetles (Dermestes species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.
  • A tropical plant (Brownea grandiceps) with large flower. Photograph.
  • An orchid (?Laelia anceps): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara): flowering stem and leaf. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Five plants, all species of the genus Symplocos: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • A stand of traveller's palms (Ravenala madagascariensis) in Madagascar. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Bahama whitewood tree (Canella winterana): flowering and fruiting branch and beetle. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • A fruiting coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • A plant (Vigna glabra) related to cowpea: flowering and fruiting stem with separate seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Flowering stems of the indigo plant (Indigofera tinctorum) and coffee plant (Coffea arabica). Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Seven tropical flowering plants, all species of the genus Gomphia. Coloured lithograph.
  • Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.) in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Afia-Too-Ca, a burying place in Tongatapu, Tonga, with three people, several huts and surrounding palm trees. Coloured line engraving by W. Byrne, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • An orchid (Laelia anceps): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Brucea species): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J.F. Miller, c.1796, after himself.
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured engraving with etching by J. Miller, c. 1774, after S. Taylor.
  • Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Clove tree (Syzygium aromaticum): flowering and fruiting stem with cloves and parasitic worm. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
  • Ixia longifolia Jacq.: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A palm tree (Bactris species) in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A tropical plant (Centropogon surinamensis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Large fruited granadilla (Passiflora macrocarpa): flowering stem, flower and outline of fruit. Coloured etching.
  • Five tropical orchids, all varieties of the genus Masdevallia: flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1873, after W. Fitch.
  • Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.