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  • Star fruit, axial view, MRI
  • An earth-star fungus (Geastrum fornicatum): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.
  • An earth-star fungus (Geastrum fornicatum): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1895.
  • Two plants, a knapweed (Centaurea jacea) and star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Illicium anisatum L. Illiciaceae Japanese Star Anise. Distribution Japan. This was also called Illicium religiosum and the fruits are toxic. Effects of taking Illicium anisatum tea include epilepsy, vomiting, shakiness and rapid eye movements (US Food and Drug Administration report, 2003). Lindley (1838) and Bentley (1861) thought that I. anisatum was used in cooking, but they were describing the uses of I. verum which is used as a spice in Asia. Illicium anisatum syn. religiosum is 'used to make incense in Japanese and Chinese temples and was called Skimi by Kaempfer. This derives from the Japanese word 'shi-kimi'. The seed pods of both species contain shikimic acid (the name being derived from the Japanese) from which Tamiflu, the antiviral drug was synthesised. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Collage of mixed fruits and vegetables, MRI
  • Collage of mixed fruits and vegetables, MRI
  • Persimmon, axial view, MRI
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.
  • The Creation: episodes in the book of Genesis. Oil painting.