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  • Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Justicia bicalyculata Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and opened fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Acalypha paniculata): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers 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 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.
  • 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.
  • A plant related to the clove tree (Eugenia species): flowering and fruiting stem and separate flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum angustifolium Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate inflorescence, flower and fruits. Coloured line engraving.
  • Garden Gardinia or Cape jasmine (Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.
  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.
  • Sir W. Denison and others planting the first quinine tree in the Neilgherry hills, India. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862.