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  • Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera): four sections of the fruit and nut. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after J. Ihle.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Quince (Cydonia oblonga): fruit, flowers and sectioned fruit. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Two flowering plants, possibly a chrysanthemum and loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). Watercolour.
  • Turnip (Brassica rapa): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Medikus): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Cape pondweed or water hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyus): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.
  • Olive tree (Olea europaea): flowering stem with fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Orchid Tree or Pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis Wallich.): flowering branch with separate fruit and sectioned ovary. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • A plant (Apium sp.): flowering and seeding stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A plant (Allium flexum) related to chives: entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branches with halved fruit. Colour aquatint by G. Pera, c. 1817, after F. Mori.
  • Cherry (Prunus species): fruiting branch with sectioned fruit and seed. Aquatint by G. Pera, 1832, after D. del Pino, 1831.
  • Peach (Prunus species): fruiting branch with halved fruit and seed. Colour aquatint by B. Rosaspina after D. del Pino, 1825.
  • A plant, possibly a Prunus species: two fruiting stems and a dissected fruit. Watercolour.
  • Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera): part of rhizome. Watercolour.
  • Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Radish (Raphanus caudatus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Angelica (Angelica aquatica): leaf, inflorescence, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A leek (Allium ampeloprasum): roots and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Caraway (Carum carvi L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • A cherry plant (Prunus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Watercolour.