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  • Lotus root (Nelumbo nucifera): part of rhizome. Watercolour.
  • A jauari palm tree (Astrocaryum jauari Mart.) growing on a river bank in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • Seaside grape (Coccoloba uvifera): fruiting stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • A plant (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and pods and separate pod and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Caladium bicolour (Aiton) Vent.): 3 large stalked leaves and numbered inflorescences - both sheathed and unsheathed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • 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.
  • Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.
  • Two plants (Pisonia sylvestris and Pisonia alba ): flowering and leafy shoots with separate numbered flower and fruit sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Piriqueta racemosa: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A flowering orchid (Bletia verecunda) and a spinning slug (Limax species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1813.
  • A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jak or jack tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) with man collecting the fallen fruit. Engraving by J. Storer after J. Forbes, 1767.
  • African peach (Sarcocephalus latifolius): fruiting and flowering stem with section of fruit. Coloured steel engraving by W. Say, c. 1812, after B. Cotton.
  • A fruiting tropical plant (Duroia eriophila) and five water beetles (Dytiscus species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after M. Merian.
  • Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.
  • A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • A tropical landscape with native chamal plants (Dioon edule). Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855, after P. Stroobant.
  • Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.
  • A palm (Euterpe species) in Guyana: crown of leaves, fruit and stem base. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A tropical orchid (Catasetum trifidum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Swan, c. 1833, after W. Hooker.
  • A fruiting branch of common persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) with two fungi. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • A Vespetro label illustrated with tropical plants and animals. Lithograph by E. Goy, 19th century, after G. Brunner.
  • A large aloe plant (Aloe species). Photograph.
  • Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): tear-drop shaped fruit. Watercolour.
  • A tropical orchid (Trichopilia suavis): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Mangrove plant (Bruguiera cylindrica Blume): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Coloured stipple engraving by T.Burke, ca. 1805, after P. Reinagle.
  • Fever bark (Croton variegatum L.): branch with leaves only. Coloured line engraving.
  • Two banana plants (Musa species), one with fruit, in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.