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  • A bougainvillea plant (Bougainvillea speciosa): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.
  • A species of Boerhavia: entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Boerhavia erecta: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Boerhavia scandens L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Boerhavia hirsuta L.: flowering and fruiting stem with root and separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Boerhavia erecta L.: fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
  • 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.