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  • A vine with fruit and a second unidentified plant with flowers. Watercolour.
  • A wisteria plant: flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • A woody liane of the Asclepiadaceae family, with two pods. Watercolour.
  • A plant (Sicyos sp.) related to bur cucumber: flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A plant (Clematis species): trailing stem with large white flower. Watercolour.
  • A wisteria plant: flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • A grape vine (Vitis species): fruiting stem with leaves. Watercolour.
  • Grape vine with fruit and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • Grape vine with fruit and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • Black bryony (Tamus communis): fruiting stem. Partially coloured pen drawing.
  • Two plants, a fruiting branch of a maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) and a liane stem. Watercolour.
  • A bean plant, possibly a Phaseolus species: flowering and leafy stems with separate leaf and petals. Watercolour.
  • Two leafy stems with fruit, one is possibly of Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Watercolour.
  • A pea plant (Pisum species): twining stem. Pencil drawing.
  • Male liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): flowering stem and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth.): flowering stem with separate floral segments and a description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • Nine flowering plants, one possibly a phlox and one a green brier. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A type of bedstraw (Galium sp.): flowering stems arising from piece of wood with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A species of the family Bignoniaceae: twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A bean plant, possibly a Phaseolus species: flowering and fruiting stems. Watercolour.
  • Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.
  • Canary creeper (Tropaeolum peregrinum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • A wax flower (Hoya pottsii): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Grape vine (Vitis vinifera L.) with black grapes. Coloured lithograph after J. Polydore.
  • A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Goose-grass or cleavers (Galium aparine L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.