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  • A species of Rutaceae: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Skimmia japonica Thunb. Rutaceae 'Rubella' Distribution: China, Japan and E. Asia. The genus name is derived from the Japanese word shikimi (Stearn, 1994). All parts of the plant are poisonous, containing skimmianin. It is said to cause vomiting and, if eaten in large quantities, cardiac arrest. (Duke, 1985) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Source of Lopez Root (Toddalia asiatica Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • A thorny stem of Poncirus grafted to a woody stock. Watercolour.
  • Eight flowering plants, possibly including a species of Allium and an Australian fuchsia (Correa species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • A plant (Diosma latifolia): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1798, after H. Andrews.
  • Australian fuchsia (Correa rufa): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving, c.1800, after P. J. Redouté.
  • A plant (Metrodorea nigra): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Australian fuchsia (Correa sp.): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien and J. L. Perée, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Yuzu orange plant (Citrus species): branch with two fruit. Watercolour.
  • Two fruiting citrus plants, one possibly the seville orange (Citrus aurantium). Wash drawing.
  • A plant (Zanthoxylum rhetsea) related to knobthorn: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Atalantia spinosa): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit, seed and style.
  • Australian fuchsia (Correa alba Andrews): flowering stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien and J. L. Perée, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.
  • Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.
  • A species of citrus fruit (Citrus sarcodactylis Hort. Bog.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate numbered flower sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Lemon tree (Citrus limon): branch with fruit and flowers. Charcoal drawing by E. Shepperd, 1894.
  • Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.): flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Nine species of native Australian flowers. Coloured lithograph by G. F. Angas, c. 1846, after himself.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • Three hybrids of the Australian fuchsia plant (Correa species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph, c. 1856.
  • Elephant apple plant (Limonia acidissima) with sectioned fruit, and two liver flukes (Fasciola species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • A lemon plant (Citrus japonica): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured zincograph, c. 1876, after W. Fitch.
  • Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.
  • Tropical fruits, including guava, custard apple, lemon, pompelmous and plantain bananas. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
  • A bael tree (Aegle marmelos) with sectioned fruit, a dancefly (Empis livida) and three worms (Enchelis species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1804, after J. Ihle.