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  • A woody liane of the Asclepiadaceae family, with two pods. Watercolour.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a Hydrangea species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A plant (Vincetoxicum officinale Moench.): flowering plant with roots and separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Wax plant (Hoya carnosa): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • A plant (Duvalia elegans): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1809, after S. Edwards.
  • Silkvine (Periploca sp.): flowering stem with separate flowers. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A wax plant (Hoya species): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Cynanchum erectum: flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A wax flower (Hoya pottsii): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Carolina kidney bean plant (Phaeolus sp.) and virginian silk plant (Periploca sp.). Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.
  • Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • Plants, birds and archaeological sites from Persia, including terpentine plant (Pistacia terebinthus). Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1705.