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  • A species of the genus Ruellia: entire flowering plant with separate sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • English ivy (Hedera helix): stem with flowers, fruit and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Radish (Raphanus caudatus): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • False dittany (Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Wood germander or wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
  • Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.
  • Common box tree (Buxus sempervirens L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Moneywort or creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia L.): flowering stem with root and separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Arabian coffee tree (Coffea arabica): flowering stem, fruit and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Four Egyptian plants in a landscape, including purging cassia, French jujube or Chinese date, and a taro species. Line engraving, c. 1676.
  • A willow (Salix violacea): leafy and flowering branches with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1804, after H. Andrews.
  • Six flowering plants, including mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.
  • A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Diplarrhena moroea Labill.: flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): flowering stem, root and leaf. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum L.): entire flowering plant with separate enlarged flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A tea plant (Camellia sinensis), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Woad (Isatis tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate sections of fruit and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • An oleander plant (Nerium oleander): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after A. Bétrérnieux (?).