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  • M0001605: Photograph of two men in the bough of a cinchona tree using a pulley to collect cinchona seeds
  • Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Purging cassia or Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula): flowers, leaf, pod and seeds. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Sisymbrium sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A plant (Corchorus sp.) related to jute: entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Scutia myrtina Kurz.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate leaf, flowers, fruit, seeds and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Nigella arvensis) related to black cummin: flowering and fruiting stem with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Jasmine (Jasminum undulatum Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Dentaria bulbifera L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Damask (Hesperis matronalis L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A species of Cassine: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seeds and cross-section of fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Hibiscus aculeatus Roxb.) related to China rose: branch with flowers and separate flower, fruits and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Padri (Stereospermum colais (Dillwyn) Mabb.): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flower, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • A plant (Cheiranthus tricuspidatum): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Asafoetida plant (Ferula assa-foetida): flowering stem, leaves, seeds and root. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1806, after J. Ihle.
  • A tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A tea plant (Camellia sinensis), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Acronychia launifolia Blume: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Rosewood tree (a species of Dalbergia): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flowers, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Myagrum aegyptium: flowering and fruiting stem with separate root and segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A plant (Sisymbrium sylvestre): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate floral sections, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.): fruiting branch and separate numbered inflorescence and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.