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  • Trifolium rubens L. Leguminosae. [Note the Family Leguminosae is preferred over Family Fabaceae as the former allows all the legumes to be in one Family and not three - one Family being the current consensus among botanists]. Red Feather Clover. Distribution: Europe. The white clover, Trifolium repens, is listed as a treatment for arthritis by Linnaeus (1782). This and Trifolium pratense, Red Clover, are the ones most used for pastures. All the clovers have root nodules which fix nitrogen from the air into the soil so have an important role in ensuring soil fertility. Trifolium rubens has the same nitrogen fixing ability, and is used as an ornamental garden plant where it still acts to improve fertility. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.
  • A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.