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  • Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Kamala (a species of Mallotus): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth): branch with flowers and pods, separate flower, sectioned flower and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A famous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.), named Cubbeer Burr, on a river island in India. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Padri (Stereospermum colais (Dillwyn) Mabb.): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flower, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Allophylus cobbe (L.) Räusch.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, sectioned fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.): fruiting tree, leaves, fruit, flower, seed and cross-section of seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering shoot. Coloured line engraving.
  • China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, dissected fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Mangrove plant (Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit on ground. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Canthium parviflorum) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum angustifolium Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate inflorescence, flower and fruits. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum species): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers and fruits with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum pubescens Roxb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Catalonian jasmine or Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum L.): branch with flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum undulatum Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • East Indian Screw Tree (Helictores isora L.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate dehisced fruit and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton): branch with double flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jak or jack tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) with man collecting the fallen fruit. Engraving by J. Storer after J. Forbes, 1767.
  • Seedheads of pasture grass (Holcus sp.), millet (Panicum sp.) and rice (Oryza sativa). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Indian Snakeroot or Java Devilpepper (Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Kurz): flowering and fruiting branches, root, inflorescence and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Mangrove plant (Bruguiera cylindrica Blume): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and pods and separate pod and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Niepa Bark Tree (Quassia indica (Gaertner) Nooteb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.